| ΙΩΒ | << Job: 12 >> | The Septuagint (Brenton) | |
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| 1 | Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει | Job. Jb.12.1-14.22 | And Job answered and said, |
| 2 | Εἶτα ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἄνθρωποι· ἦ μεθ' ὑμῶν τελευτήσει σοφία. | So then you [alone] are men, and wisdom shall die with you? | |
| 3 | κἀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθ' ὑμᾶς ἐστιν. | [But] I also have a heart as well as you. | |
| 4 | δίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγενήθη εἰς χλεύασμα· | For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery. | |
| 5 | εἰς χρόνον γὰρ τακτὸν ἡτοίμαστο πεσεῖν ὑπὸ ἄλλους, οἴκους τε αὐτοῦ ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνόμων. | For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: | |
| 6 | οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς πεποιθέτω πονηρὸς ὢν ἀθῷος ἔσεσθαι, ὅσοι παροργίζουσιν τὸν κύριον, ὡς οὐχὶ καὶ ἔτασις αὐτῶν ἔσται. | let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be [held] guiltless, even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition [made] of them. | |
| 7 | ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐπερώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσιν, πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν· | But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to you; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to you. | |
| 8 | ἐκδιήγησαι δὲ γῇ ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης. | Tell the earth, if it may speak to you: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to you. | |
| 9 | 13τίς οὐκ ἔγνω ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ὅτι χεὶρ κυρίου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα; | Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them? | |
| 10 | εἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων τῶν ζώντων καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου; | Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man. | |
| 11 | οὖς μὲν γὰρ ῥήματα διακρίνει, λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται. | For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats. | |
| 12 | ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία, ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη. | In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge. | |
| 13 | παρ' αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις, αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις. | With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding. | |
| 14 | ἐὰν καταβάλῃ, τίς οἰκοδομήσει; ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατὰ ἀνθρώπων, τίς ἀνοίξει; | If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open? | |
| 15 | ἐὰν κωλύσῃ τὸ ὥδωρ, ξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπαφῇ, ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὴν καταστρέψας. | If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it. | |
| 16 | παρ' αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς, αὐτῷ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σύνεσις. | With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding. | |
| 17 | διάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους, κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησεν. | He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth. | |
| 18 | καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους καὶ περιέδησεν ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν. | He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle. | |
| 19 | ἐξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖς αἰχμαλώτους, δυνάστας δὲ γῆς κατέστρεψεν. | He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth. | |
| 20 | διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω. | He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders. | |
| 21 | ἐκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπ' ἄρχοντας, ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο. | He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly. | |
| 22 | ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους, ἐξήγαγεν δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου. | Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death. | |
| 23 | πλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτά, καταστρωννύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά. | Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them [away]. | |
| 24 | διαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς, ἐπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁδῷ, ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν· | Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way, they have not known, [saying], | |
| 25 | ψηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων. | Let them grope [in] darkness, and [let there be] no light, and let them wander as a drunken man. | |