Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
καὶ ἀπεκρίθη κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ιωβ καὶ εἶπεν
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλινεῖ ἐλέγχων θεὸν ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει τῷ κυρίῳ
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
τί ἔτι ἐγὼ κρίνομαι νουθετούμενος καὶ ἐλέγχων κύριον ἀκούων τοιαῦτα οὐθὲν ὤν ἐγὼ δὲ τίνα ἀπόκρισιν δῶ πρὸς ταῦτα χεῖρα θήσω ἐπὶ στόματί μου
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
ἅπαξ λελάληκα ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
μή ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν βροντᾷς
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔξω ὁμοθυμαδόν τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον
14 And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ’ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ πλευραὶ χάλκειαι ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ’ ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα
