Job 26

1 Then Job responded by saying:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

2 Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?

τίνι πρόσκεισαι ἢ τίνι μέλλεις βοηθεῖν πότερον οὐχ ᾧ πολλὴ ἰσχὺς καὶ ᾧ βραχίων κραταιός ἐστιν

3 To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.

τίνι συμβεβούλευσαι οὐχ ᾧ πᾶσα σοφία ἢ τίνι ἐπακολουθήσεις οὐχ ᾧ μεγίστη δύναμις

4 Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?

τίνι ἀνήγγειλας ῥήματα πνοὴ δὲ τίνος ἐστὶν ἡ ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκ σοῦ

5 Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.

μὴ γίγαντες μαιωθήσονται ὑποκάτωθεν ὕδατος καὶ τῶν γειτόνων αὐτοῦ

6 The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. (Sheol h7585)

γυμνὸς ὁ ᾅδης ἐπώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν περιβόλαιον τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.

ἐκτείνων βορέαν ἐπ’ οὐδέν κρεμάζων γῆν ἐπὶ οὐδενός

8 He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.

δεσμεύων ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐρράγη νέφος ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ

9 He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.

ὁ κρατῶν πρόσωπον θρόνου ἐκπετάζων ἐπ’ αὐτὸν νέφος αὐτοῦ

10 He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.

πρόσταγμα ἐγύρωσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος μέχρι συντελείας φωτὸς μετὰ σκότους

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.

στῦλοι οὐρανοῦ ἐπετάσθησαν καὶ ἐξέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιτιμήσεως αὐτοῦ

12 By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.

ἰσχύι κατέπαυσεν τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπιστήμῃ δὲ ἔτρωσε τὸ κῆτος

13 His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.

κλεῖθρα δὲ οὐρανοῦ δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν προστάγματι δὲ ἐθανάτωσεν δράκοντα ἀποστάτην

14 Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?

ἰδοὺ ταῦτα μέρη ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ ἰκμάδα λόγου ἀκουσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῷ σθένος δὲ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ τίς οἶδεν ὁπότε ποιήσει