Job, 40

1. And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said :

1. καὶ ἀπεκρίθη κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ιωβ καὶ εἶπεν

2. Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

2. μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλινεῖ ἐλέγχων θεὸν ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν

3. Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

3. ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει τῷ κυρίῳ

4. And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

4. 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. Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

5. ἅπαξ λελάληκα ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω

6. Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.

6. ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους

7. Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.

7. μή ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι

8. Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.

8. μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος

9. Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.

9. ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν βροντᾷς

10. Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

10. ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι

11. His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.

11. ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον

12. He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.

12. ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα

13. His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

13. κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔξω ὁμοθυμαδόν τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον

14. He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

14. ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι

15. To him the mountains bring forth grass : there all the beasts of the field shall play.

15. ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει

16. He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.

16. ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ’ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός

17. The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

17. ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται

18. Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder : and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

18. αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ πλευραὶ χάλκειαι ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός

19. In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

19. τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ

20. Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

20. ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ’ ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ

21. Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

21. ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον

22. Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

22. σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου

23. Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?

23. ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ

24. Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

24. ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα

25. Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?

25. ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ περιθήσεις δὲ φορβεὰν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ

26. Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?

26. εἰ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ ψελίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ

27. Lay thy hand upon him : remember the battle, and speak no more.

27. λαλήσει δέ σοι δεήσει ἱκετηρίᾳ μαλακῶς

28. Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.

28. θήσεται δὲ διαθήκην μετὰ σοῦ λήμψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον

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29. παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ

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30. ἐνσιτοῦνται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη μεριτεύονται δὲ αὐτὸν φοινίκων γένη

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31. πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσιν βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ

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32. ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν σώματι αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω