Testament of Job

Kohler1897 English translation, printed page 333

Testament of Job. 333 {. Then, imbued with the spirit of Satan, Elihu spoke hard words which are written down in the records left of Elihu. 8. And after he had ended, God appeared to me in a storm and in clouds, and spoke, blaming Elihu and showing me that he who had spoken was not a man, but a wild beast.) 9. And when God had finished speaking to me, the Lord spoke to Eliphaz: “Thou and thy friends have sinned in that ye have not spoken the truth concerning my servant Job. 10. Therefore rise up and make him bring a sin- offering for you in order that your sins may be forgiven; for were it not for him, I would have destroyed you”. 11. And so they brought to me all that belonged to a sacrifice, and I took it and brought for them a sin-offering, and the Lord received it favorably and forgave them their wrong. 12. Then when Eliphaz, Baldad and Sophar saw that God had graciously pardoned their sin through His servant Job, but that He did not deign to pardon Elihu, then did Eliphaz begin to sing a hymn, while the others responded, their soldiers also joing while *standing by the altar. 13. And Eliphaz spoke thus: “Taken off is the sin and our injustice gone; 14. But Elihu, the ev i one, shall eee no remembrance among the living; his luminary is extinguished and has lost its light. 15. The glory of his lamp will announce itself for him, for he is the son of darkness, and not of light. 16. The doorkeepers of the place of darkness?) shall give him their glory and beauty as share; His Kingdom hath vanished, his throne hath mouldered, and the honor of his stature is in (Sheol) Hades. 17. For he has loved the beauty of the serpent), and the scales (skins) of the dracon his gall and his venom belongs to the Northern One (Zphuni = Adder)4). ‘) jow = jnnb = on. *) Satan = Belial, darkness of hell. ᾿ *) wns compare jand the map. [Kohut in Z. d. ἢ. Μ. G. XXI, 586 ff.] *) This is the translation of »nypys = ons.