Job 12
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then Job answered,
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει·
2“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will 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. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
3κἀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἐστι·
4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
4δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγεννήθη εἰς χλεύασμα·
5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
6ὅσοι παροργίζουσι τὸν Κύριον, ὡς οὐχὶ καὶ ἔτασις αὐτῶν ἔσται.
7“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
7ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐρώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσι, πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν·
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
8ἐκδιήγησαι γῇ, ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης.
9Who doesn’t know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this,
9τίς οὖν οὐκ ἔγνω ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ὅτι χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐποίησε ταῦτα;
10in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
10εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων ζώντων καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου;
11Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
11οὖς μὲν γὰρ ρήματα διακρίνει, λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται.
12With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
12ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία, ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη.
13“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
13παρ᾿ αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις, αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις.
14Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
14ἐὰν καταβάλῃ, τίς οἰκοδομήσει; ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατ᾿ ἀνθρώπων, τίς ἀνοίξει;
15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends 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 wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
16παρ᾿ αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς, αὐτῷ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σύνεσις.
17He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
17διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους, κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησε.
18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
18καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους καὶ περιέδησε ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν.
19He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
19ἐξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖς αἰχμαλώτους, δυνάστας δὲ γῆς κατέστρεψε.
20He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
20διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω.
21He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
21ἐκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπ᾿ ἄρχοντας, ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο.
22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
22ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους, ἐξήγαγε δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου.
23He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
23πλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτά, καταστρωνύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά.
24He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes 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. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
25ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων.
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