Job, 39

1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?

1. εἰ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων

2. Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

2. ἠρίθμησας δὲ αὐτῶν μῆνας πλήρεις τοκετοῦ ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας

3. They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings.

3. ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου ὠδῖνας αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς

4. Their young are weaned and go to feed : they go forth, and return not to them.

4. ἀπορρήξουσιν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γενήματι ἐξελεύσονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς

5. Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?

5. τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν

6. To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.

6. ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα

7. He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.

7. καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων

8. He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.

8. κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ

9. Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?

9. βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου

10. Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?

10. δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ

11. Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?

11. πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου

12. Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?

12. πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα

13. The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.

13. πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεελασα ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ασιδα καὶ νεσσα

14. When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.

14. ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ᾠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει

15. She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them.

15. καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει

16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.

16. ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτῇ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου

17. For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.

17. ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει

18. When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high : she scorneth the horse and his rider.

18. κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ

19. Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing?

19. ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον

20. Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror.

20. περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ

21. He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men.

21. ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύι

22. He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword,

22. συναντῶν βέλει καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου

23. Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter.

23. ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα

24. Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.

24. καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ

25. When he heareth the trumpet he saith : Ha, ha : he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army.

25. σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει εὖγε πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ

26. Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?

26. ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας ἀκίνητος καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον

27. Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?

27. ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται

28. She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.

28. ἐπ’ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ

29. From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

29. ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσιν

30. Her young ones shall suck up blood : and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.

30. νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι οὗ δ’ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται

31. And the Lord went on, and said to Job :

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32. Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

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33. Then Job answered the Lord, and said :

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34. One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said : and another, to which I will add no more.

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