Job 38

1After Elihu had ceased from speaking, then the Lord spoke to Job out of the whirlwind and clouds, saying:

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

2'Who is this who hides counsel from Me, And holds words in his heart And thinks to conceal them from Me?

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

3Gird your waist like a man; I will question you, and you shall 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? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

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

5Who determined its measurements? Surely you know. Or who stretched the line upon it?

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

6To what were its foundations fastened, Or who laid its cornerstone,

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

7When the stars were made And all My angels praised Me in a loud voice?

ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου

8'I shut up the sea with doors When it burst forth and issued from the womb.

ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη

9I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in mist.

ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα

10I fixed My limit for it and set bars and doors.

ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας

11I said, 'This far you may come, but no further, And here your waves must stop.'

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

12'Did I order the morning light in your time, And did the morning star see its appointed place,

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

13To lay hold of the ends of the earth And to shake the ungodly out of it?

ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς

14Or did you take clay of the ground and form a living creature, And set it with the power of speech upon the earth?

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

15Have you removed light from the ungodly And crushed the arm of the arrogant?

ἀφεῖλας δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας

16'Have you come upon the fountain of the sea And walked in the tracks of the deep?

ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας

17Do the gates of death open to you for fear, And did the doorkeepers of Hades quake when they saw you?

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

18Have you been instructed in the breadth of the earth under heaven? Tell Me now, what is the extent of it?

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

19'In what kind of land does the light dwell, And what kind is the place of darkness?

ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος

20If you would bring Me to their boundaries, And also if you understand their paths,

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

21Then I know you were born at that time, And the number of your years is great.

οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς

22'Have you come upon the storehouses of snow? Have you seen the storehouses of hail?

ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑόρακας

23Are they stored for you against the time of your enemies, For the day of wars and battles?

ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμου καὶ μάχης

24From where does the frost proceed? From where does the south wind scatter over the earth?

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

25'Who prepared a course for the violent rain Or a path for the thunders?

τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ῥύσιν ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν

26Who causes it to rain on a land where there is no man, Or an uninhabited wilderness, where there is not a man in it,

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

27To satisfy the untrodden and uninhabited land And cause it to spring forth a crop of tender grass?

τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης

28Who is the rain's father, And who has begotten the drops of dew?

τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου

29From whose womb comes the ice, And who has given birth to the frost in heaven,

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

30Which descends like flowing water? Who made firm the face of the abyss?

ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον πρόσωπον δὲ ἀβύσσου τίς ἔπηξεν

31'Do you understand the band of the Pleiades, And have you opened the fence of Orion?

συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας

32Will you open up Mazzaroth in its season, And the evening star with his rays? Will you guide them?

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

33Do you know the movements of heaven Or the events which take place together under heaven?

ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα

34'Will you call a cloud with your voice, And will it obey you with a violent shower of much rain?

καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρῳ ὑπακούσεταί σου

35Can you send out lightnings, and they shall go? They shall say to you, 'What do you want?'

ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται ἐροῦσιν δέ σοι τί ἐστιν

36Who has given to women wisdom in weaving Or knowledge of embroidery?

τίς δὲ ἔδωκεν γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην

37Who can number the clouds by wisdom, And who bowed heaven down to earth?

τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινεν

38And I have joined it together as one hewn stone to another. 'Will you hunt prey for the lions Or satisfy the lives of the serpents?

κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον

39For it is spread like a cloud of dust,

θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσιν βοράν ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπλήσεις

40They fear in their dens, And live in the forests, and lie in wait.

δεδοίκασιν γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες

41Who provides food for the raven? For its young ones wander And cry to the Lord in search of food.

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