Job 12
1 And Job answered and said,
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall 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: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
κἀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθ’ ὑμᾶς ἐστιν
4 I am as one mocked by his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is mocked.
δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγενήθη εἰς χλεύασμα
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
εἰς χρόνον γὰρ τακτὸν ἡτοίμαστο πεσεῖν ὑπὸ ἄλλους οἴκους τε αὐτοῦ ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνόμων
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς πεποιθέτω πονηρὸς ὢν ἀθῷος ἔσεσθαι ὅσοι παροργίζουσιν τὸν κύριον ὡς οὐχὶ καὶ ἔτασις αὐτῶν ἔσται
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐπερώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσιν πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
ἐκδιήγησαι δὲ γῇ ἐάν σοι φράσῃ καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
τίς οὐκ ἔγνω ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ὅτι χεὶρ κυρίου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων τῶν ζώντων καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?
οὖς μὲν γὰρ ῥήματα διακρίνει λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
παρ’ αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
ἐὰν καταβάλῃ τίς οἰκοδομήσει ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατὰ ἀνθρώπων τίς ἀνοίξει
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth 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 leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησεν
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a belt.
καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους καὶ περιέδησεν ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
ἐξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖς αἰχμαλώτους δυνάστας δὲ γῆς κατέστρεψεν
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
ἐκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπ’ ἄρχοντας ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο
22 He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shadow of death.
ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους ἐξήγαγεν δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου
23 He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and leadeth them away.
πλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτά καταστρωννύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth 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, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων
