ΙΩΒ 12
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
Berean Standard Bible
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει·
1Then Job answered:
2εἶτα ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἄνθρωποι· ἦ μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν τελευτήσει σοφία.
2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
3κἀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἐστι·
3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
4δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγεννήθη εἰς χλεύασμα·
4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
5εἰς χρόνον γὰρ τακτὸν ἡτοίμαστο πεσεῖν ὑπὸ ἄλλων, οἴκους τε αὐτοῦ ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνόμων. οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς πεποιθέτω πονηρὸς ὢν ἀθῷος ἔσεσθαι,
5The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6ὅσοι παροργίζουσι τὸν Κύριον, ὡς οὐχὶ καὶ ἔτασις αὐτῶν ἔσται.
6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
7ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐρώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσι, πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν·
7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
8ἐκδιήγησαι γῇ, ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης.
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
9τίς οὖν οὐκ ἔγνω ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ὅτι χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐποίησε ταῦτα;
9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων ζώντων καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου;
10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
11οὖς μὲν γὰρ ρήματα διακρίνει, λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται.
11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
12ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία, ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη.
12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
13παρ᾿ αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις, αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις.
13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
14ἐὰν καταβάλῃ, τίς οἰκοδομήσει; ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατ᾿ ἀνθρώπων, τίς ἀνοίξει;
14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
15ἐὰν κωλύσῃ τὸ ὕδωρ, ξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπαφῇ, ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὴν καταστρέψας.
15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
16παρ᾿ αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς, αὐτῷ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σύνεσις.
16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους, κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησε.
17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
18καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους καὶ περιέδησε ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν.
18He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
19ἐξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖς αἰχμαλώτους, δυνάστας δὲ γῆς κατέστρεψε.
19He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
20διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω.
20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
21ἐκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπ᾿ ἄρχοντας, ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο.
21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους, ἐξήγαγε δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου.
22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
23πλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτά, καταστρωνύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά.
23He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
24διαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς, ἐπλάνησε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ, ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.
24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
25ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων.
25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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