Job 38
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
1ΜΕΤΑ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἐλιοὺν τῆς λέξεως εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν·
2“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
2τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν, συνέχων δὲ ρήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν;
3Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
3ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.
4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
4ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν; ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν.
5Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
5τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς, εἰ οἶδας; ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
6What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
6ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασι; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
7ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα, ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου.
8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
8ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαιοῦτο ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη.
9when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
9ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.
10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
10ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια, περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας.
11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
11εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ· μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα.
12“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
12ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωϊνόν; ἑωσφόρος δὲ εἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν
13that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
13ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;
14It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
14ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασας ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπί γῆς;
15From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
15ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;
16“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
16ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
17ἀνοίγονταί δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;
18Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
18νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν; ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι, πόση τίς ἐστι;
19“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
19ἐν ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;
20that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
20εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν;
21Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
21οἶδας ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;
22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
22ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος, θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑώρακας;
23which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
23ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμων καὶ μάχης;
24By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
24πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν;
25Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
25τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ρύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν
26to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
26τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν, οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ, ἔρημον, οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ,
27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
27τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης;
28Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
28τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου,
29Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
29ἐκ γαστρὸς δέ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,
30The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
30ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ρέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπληξε;
31“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
31συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας;
32Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with 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 establish its dominion over the earth?
33ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;
34“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
34καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;
35Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
35ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται; ἐροῦσι δέ σοι· τί ἐστι;
36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
36τίς δὲ ἔδωκε γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην;
37Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
37τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινε;
38when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
38κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.
39“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the 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 for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
41τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασε κόρακι βοράν; νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κύριον κεκράγασι πλανώμενοι, τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες.
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