Job 38
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
1ΜΕΤΑ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἐλιοὺν τῆς λέξεως εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν·
2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
2τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν, συνέχων δὲ ρήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν;
3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
3ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.
4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
4ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν; ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν.
5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
5τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς, εἰ οἶδας; ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
6ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασι; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
7ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα, ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου.
8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
8ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαιοῦτο ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη.
9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
9ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.
10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
10ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια, περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας.
11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
11εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ· μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα.
12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
12ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωϊνόν; ἑωσφόρος δὲ εἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν
13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
13ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;
14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
14ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασας ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπί γῆς;
15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
15ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;
16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
16ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
17ἀνοίγονταί δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;
18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
18νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν; ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι, πόση τίς ἐστι;
19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
19ἐν ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;
20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
20εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν;
21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
21οἶδας ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;
22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
22ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος, θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑώρακας;
23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
23ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμων καὶ μάχης;
24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
24πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν;
25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
25τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ρύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν
26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
26τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν, οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ, ἔρημον, οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ,
27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
27τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης;
28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
28τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου,
29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
29ἐκ γαστρὸς δέ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,
30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
30ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ρέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπληξε;
31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
31συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας;
32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
32ἦ διανοίξεις μαζουρὼθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἓσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά;
33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
33ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;
34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
34καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;
35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
35ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται; ἐροῦσι δέ σοι· τί ἐστι;
36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
36τίς δὲ ἔδωκε γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην;
37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
37τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινε;
38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
38κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.
39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
39θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσι βοράν, ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπρήσεις;
40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
40δεδοίκασι γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν, κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες.
41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
41τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασε κόρακι βοράν; νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κύριον κεκράγασι πλανώμενοι, τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες.
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