Job 12
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then Job answered and said:
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει·
2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
2εἶτα ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἄνθρωποι· ἦ μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν τελευτήσει σοφία.
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
3κἀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἐστι·
4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,
4δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγεννήθη εἰς χλεύασμα·
5A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.
5εἰς χρόνον γὰρ τακτὸν ἡτοίμαστο πεσεῖν ὑπὸ ἄλλων, οἴκους τε αὐτοῦ ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνόμων. οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς πεποιθέτω πονηρὸς ὢν ἀθῷος ἔσεσθαι,
6The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.
6ὅσοι παροργίζουσι τὸν Κύριον, ὡς οὐχὶ καὶ ἔτασις αὐτῶν ἔσται.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
7ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐρώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσι, πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν·
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
8ἐκδιήγησαι γῇ, ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης.
9Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
9τίς οὖν οὐκ ἔγνω ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ὅτι χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐποίησε ταῦτα;
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —
10εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων ζώντων καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου;
11Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?
11οὖς μὲν γὰρ ρήματα διακρίνει, λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται.
12Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
12ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία, ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη.
13With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
13παρ᾿ αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις, αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις.
14Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
14ἐὰν καταβάλῃ, τίς οἰκοδομήσει; ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατ᾿ ἀνθρώπων, τίς ἀνοίξει;
15Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
15ἐὰν κωλύσῃ τὸ ὕδωρ, ξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπαφῇ, ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὴν καταστρέψας.
16With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
16παρ᾿ αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς, αὐτῷ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σύνεσις.
17He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.
17διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους, κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησε.
18He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
18καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους καὶ περιέδησε ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν.
19He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
19ἐξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖς αἰχμαλώτους, δυνάστας δὲ γῆς κατέστρεψε.
20He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.
20διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω.
21He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
21ἐκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπ᾿ ἄρχοντας, ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο.
22He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
22ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους, ἐξήγαγε δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου.
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.
23πλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτά, καταστρωνύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά.
24He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
24διαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς, ἐπλάνησε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ, ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.
25They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
25ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων.
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