Job 12
1 Then Job answered,
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
εἶτα ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἄνθρωποι ἦ μεθ’ ὑμῶν τελευτήσει σοφία
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
κἀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθ’ ὑμᾶς ἐστιν
4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγενήθη εἰς χλεύασμα
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
εἰς χρόνον γὰρ τακτὸν ἡτοίμαστο πεσεῖν ὑπὸ ἄλλους οἴκους τε αὐτοῦ ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνόμων
6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς πεποιθέτω πονηρὸς ὢν ἀθῷος ἔσεσθαι ὅσοι παροργίζουσιν τὸν κύριον ὡς οὐχὶ καὶ ἔτασις αὐτῶν ἔσται
7 “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐπερώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσιν πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
ἐκδιήγησαι δὲ γῇ ἐάν σοι φράσῃ καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης
9 Who does not know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this,
τίς οὐκ ἔγνω ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ὅτι χεὶρ κυρίου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων τῶν ζώντων καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου
11 Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
οὖς μὲν γὰρ ῥήματα διακρίνει λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη
13 “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
παρ’ αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
ἐὰν καταβάλῃ τίς οἰκοδομήσει ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατὰ ἀνθρώπων τίς ἀνοίξει
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
ἐὰν κωλύσῃ τὸ ὥδωρ ξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν ἐὰν δὲ ἐπαφῇ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὴν καταστρέψας
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
παρ’ αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς αὐτῷ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σύνεσις
17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησεν
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους καὶ περιέδησεν ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
ἐξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖς αἰχμαλώτους δυνάστας δὲ γῆς κατέστρεψεν
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
ἐκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπ’ ἄρχοντας ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους ἐξήγαγεν δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
πλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτά καταστρωννύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
διαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς ἐπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁδῷ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν
25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων
