Job 38

1 Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

μετὰ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ελιουν τῆς λέξεως εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ Ιωβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν συνέχων δὲ ῥήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν

5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς εἰ οἶδας ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς

6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασιν τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς

7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου

8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη

9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα

10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ ἀλλ’ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;

ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωινόν ἑωσφόρος δὲ εἶδεν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς

14 It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:

ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασας ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπὶ γῆς

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

ἀφεῖλας δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας

17 Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν

18 Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι πόση τίς ἐστιν

19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν

21 [Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς

22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑόρακας

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμου καὶ μάχης

24 By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανόν

25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ῥύσιν ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν

26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ ἔρημον οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ

27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης

28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν

30 The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον πρόσωπον δὲ ἀβύσσου τίς ἔπηξεν

31 Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας

32 Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

ἦ διανοίξεις μαζουρωθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἕσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρῳ ὑπακούσεταί σου

35 Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται ἐροῦσιν δέ σοι τί ἐστιν

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

τίς δὲ ἔδωκεν γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην

37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινεν

38 When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον

39 Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσιν βοράν ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπλήσεις

40 When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

δεδοίκασιν γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες

41 Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?

τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν κόρακι βοράν νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς κύριον κεκράγασιν πλανώμενοι τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες