Dialogue with Trypho 22.9 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Ps 50:12–17.

Greek text · Archambault 1:100–102

Ἐὰν πεινάσω, οὐ μή σοι εἴπω· ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς. Μὴ φάγωμαι κρέα ταύρων, ἢ αἷμα τράγων πίωμαι; Θῦσον τῷ θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως, καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου· καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με. Τῷ δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Ἵνα τί σὺ ἐκδιηγῇ τὰ δικαιώματά μου, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνεις τὴν διαθήκην μου διὰ στόματός σου; Σὺ δὲ ἐμίσησας παιδείαν καὶ ἐξέβαλες τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.

English · Claude translation

“‘If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine and all that fills it. Shall I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High; and call on me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. But to the sinner God said: Why do you recite my ordinances, and take my covenant in your mouth? You have hated instruction and cast my words behind you.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:100–102 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Scripture

Ps 50:12 (49:12 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 50:13 (49:13 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 50:14 (49:14 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 50:15 (49:15 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 50:16 (49:16 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 50:17 (49:17 LXX) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 22.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22/9/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 22.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22/9/).