Dialogue with Trypho 14.5 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Isa 55:6–9.

Greek text · Archambault 1:66

Ζητήσατε τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἐν τῷ εὑρίσκειν αὐτὸν ἐπικαλέσασθε, ἡνίκα ἂν ἐγγίζῃ ὑμῖν. Ἀπολιπέτω ὁ ἀσεβὴς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἄνομος τὰς βουλὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιστραφήτω ἐπὶ κύριον, καὶ ἐλεηθήσεται, ὅτι ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀφήσει τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν. Οὐ γάρ εἰσιν αἱ βουλαί μου ὥσπερ αἱ βουλαὶ ὑμῶν, οὐδὲ αἱ ὁδοί μου ὥσπερ αἱ ὁδοὶ ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ὅσον ἀπέχει ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, τοσοῦτον ἀπέχει ἡ ὁδός μου ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ διανοήματα ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς διανοίας μου.

English · Claude translation

“‘Seek God, and when you find him, call on him, whenever he draws near to you. Let the ungodly forsake his ways and the lawless man his counsels, and let him turn to the Lord, and he will find mercy, for he will abundantly forgive your sins. For my counsels are not like your counsels, nor my ways like your ways; but as far as the heaven is from the earth, so far is my way from your way and your thoughts from my mind.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:66 · 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

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.

Scripture

Isa 55:6 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 55:7 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 55:8 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 55:9 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 14.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/14/5/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 14.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/14/5/).