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