Ἰώβ 26
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
But Job answered and said,
2 τίνι πρόσκεισαι ἢ τίνι μέλλεις βοηθεῖν πότερον οὐχ ᾧ πολλὴ ἰσχὺς καὶ ᾧ βραχίων κραταιός ἐστιν
How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 τίνι συμβεβούλευσαι οὐχ ᾧ πᾶσα σοφία ἢ τίνι ἐπακολουθήσεις οὐχ ᾧ μεγίστη δύναμις
How have you counselled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 τίνι ἀνήγγειλας ῥήματα πνοὴ δὲ τίνος ἐστὶν ἡ ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκ σοῦ
To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 μὴ γίγαντες μαιωθήσονται ὑποκάτωθεν ὕδατος καὶ τῶν γειτόνων αὐτοῦ
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 ἐκτείνων βορέαν ἐπ’ οὐδέν κρεμάζων γῆν ἐπὶ οὐδενός
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 δεσμεύων ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐρράγη νέφος ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 ὁ κρατῶν πρόσωπον θρόνου ἐκπετάζων ἐπ’ αὐτὸν νέφος αὐτοῦ
He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.
10 πρόσταγμα ἐγύρωσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος μέχρι συντελείας φωτὸς μετὰ σκότους
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 στῦλοι οὐρανοῦ ἐπετάσθησαν καὶ ἐξέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιτιμήσεως αὐτοῦ
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 ἰσχύι κατέπαυσεν τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπιστήμῃ δὲ ἔτρωσε τὸ κῆτος
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through the proud.
13 κλεῖθρα δὲ οὐρανοῦ δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν προστάγματι δὲ ἐθανάτωσεν δράκοντα ἀποστάτην
By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent.
14 ἰδοὺ ταῦτα μέρη ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ ἰκμάδα λόγου ἀκουσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῷ σθένος δὲ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ τίς οἶδεν ὁπότε ποιήσει
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
