Job 25

1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει

2'What beginning or fear is His—He who makes all things in the highest heaven?

τί γὰρ προοίμιον ἢ φόβος παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὁ ποιῶν τὴν σύμπασαν ἐν ὑψίστῳ

3For may no one imagine there is a respite for pirates. Upon whom will there not be an ambush from Him?

μὴ γάρ τις ὑπολάβοι ὅτι ἔστιν παρέλκυσις πειραταῖς ἐπὶ τίνας δὲ οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἔνεδρα παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ

4How shall a mortal be righteous before the Lord? Or how may he who is born of a woman purify himself?

πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς ἔναντι κυρίου ἢ τίς ἂν ἀποκαθαρίσαι ἑαυτὸν γεννητὸς γυναικός

5If He orders the moon, then it does not shine, And the stars are not pure in His sight.

εἰ σελήνῃ συντάσσει καὶ οὐκ ἐπιφαύσκει ἄστρα δὲ οὐ καθαρὰ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ

6But alas! Man is putrid, and the son of man a worm.'

ἔα δέ ἄνθρωπος σαπρία καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου σκώληξ