ΙΩΒ 26
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)Original language
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,
1Then Job answered and said:
2Τίνι πρόσκεισαι, ἢ τίνι μέλλεις βοηθεῖν; πότερον οὐχ ᾧ πολλὴ ἰσχὺς, καὶ ᾧ βραχίων κραταιός ἐστι;
2How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
3Τίνι συμβεβούλευσαι; οὐχ ᾧ πᾶσα σοφία; τίνι ἐπακολουθήσεις; οὐχ ᾧ μεγίστη δύναμις;
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4Τίνι ἀνήγγειλας ῥήματα; πνοὴ δὲ τίνος ἐστὶν ἡ ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκ σοῦ;
4With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
5Μὴ γίγαντες μαιωθήσονται ὑποκάτωθεν ὕδατος καὶ τῶν γειτόνων αὐτοῦ;
5The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
6Γυμνὸς ὁ ᾅδης ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι περιβόλαιον τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ.
6The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering.
7Ἐκτείνων βορέαν ἐπʼ οὐδὲν, κρεμάζων γῆν ἐπὶ οὐδενός.
7He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
8Δεσμεύων ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐῤῥάγη νέφος ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ·
8He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9Ὁ κρατῶν πρόσωπον θρόνου, ἐκπετάζων ἐπʼ αὐτὸν νέφος αὐτοῦ.
9He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.
10Πρόσταγμα ἐγύρωσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος, μέχρι συντελείας φωτὸς μετὰ σκότους.
10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
11Στύλοι οὐρανοῦ ἐπετάσθησαν, καὶ ἐξέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιτιμήσεως αὐτοῦ.
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.
12Ἰσχύϊ κατέπαυσε τὴν θάλασσαν, ἐπιστήμῃ δὲ ἔστρωται τὸ κῆτος.
12He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.
13Κλεῖθρα δὲ οὐρανοῦ δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν· προστάγματι δὲ ἐθανάτωσε δράκοντα ἀποστάτην.
13By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.
14Ἰδοῦ ταῦτα μέρη ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ ἰκμάδα λόγου ἀκουσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῷ· σθενὸς δὲ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ, τίς οἶδεν ὁπότε ποιήσει;
14Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?
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