Dialogue with Trypho 50.5 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Isa 40:12–17.

Greek text · Archambault 1:226–228

Τίς ἐμέτρησε τῇ χειρὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν σπιθαμῇ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν δρακί; Τίς ἔστησε τὰ ὄρη σταθμῷ καὶ τὰς νάπας ζυγῷ; Τίς ἔγνω νοῦν κυρίου, καὶ τίς αὐτοῦ σύμβουλος ἐγένετο, ὃς συμβιβάσει αὐτόν; Ἢ πρὸς τίνα συνεβουλεύσατο, καὶ συνεβίβασεν αὐτόν; Ἢ τίς ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ κρίσιν; Ἢ ὁδὸν συνέσεως τίς ἐγνώρισεν αὐτῷ; Πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὡς σταγὼν ἀπὸ κάδου, καὶ ὡς ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ ἐλογίσθησαν, καὶ ὡς πτύελος λογισθήσονται. Ὁ δὲ Λίβανος οὐχ ἱκανὸς εἰς καῦσιν, καὶ τὰ τετράποδα οὐχ ἱκανὰ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη οὐθέν, καὶ εἰς οὐδὲν ἐλογίσθησαν.

English · Claude translation

“‘Who has measured the water with his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth with his fist? Who has set the mountains in a scale and the valleys in a balance? Who has known the mind of the Lord, and who has been his counselor, to instruct him? Or with whom did he take counsel, and he instructed him? Or who showed him judgment? Or who made known to him the way of understanding? All the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turn of a scale, and they shall be counted as spittle. And Lebanon is not enough for burning, and the four-footed beasts are not enough for a whole burnt offering; and all the nations are nothing, and are counted as nothing.’”

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:226–228 · 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

Isa 40:12 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 40:13 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 40:14 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 40:15 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 40:16 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 40:17 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 50.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/50/5/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 50.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/50/5/).