Job 38

1 Then YHWH answered Job out of the whirlwind,

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

2 "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

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

3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me.

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

4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

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

5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

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

6 Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

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 broke forth from the womb,

ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη

9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα

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

ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας

11 and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'

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

12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

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

13 that it might take hold of the farthest parts of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς

14 It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.

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

15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

ἀφεῖλας δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας

16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you 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 to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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

18 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

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

19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος

20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

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

21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great.

οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς

22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you 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 lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

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

25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

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, in which 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, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης

28 Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

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

30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον πρόσωπον δὲ ἀβύσσου τίς ἔπηξεν

31 "Can you fasten the chains of Kimah, or loosen the cords of Kesil?

συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας

32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can you lead Aysh with her children?

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

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα

34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρῳ ὑπακούσεταί σου

35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται ἐροῦσιν δέ σοι τί ἐστιν

36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has 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 the sky,

τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινεν

38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον

39 "Can you 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 crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

δεδοίκασιν γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες

41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

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