Job 40

And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit:

ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους

Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos : interrogabo te, et indica mihi.

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

Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

Numquid irritum facies judicium meum, et condemnabis me, ut tu justificeris?

μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος

And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Et si habes brachium sicut Deus? et si voce simili tonas?

ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ' αὐτὸν βροντᾷς

Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

Circumda tibi decorem, et in sublime erigere, et esto gloriosus, et speciosis induere vestibus.

ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι

Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.

Disperge superbos in furore tuo, et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia.

ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον

Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,

Respice cunctos superbos, et confunde eos, et contere impios in loco suo.

ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα

Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.

Absconde eos in pulvere simul, et facies eorum demerge in foveam.

κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔξω ὁμοθυμαδόν τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον

Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.

Et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua.

ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι

Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

Ecce behemoth quem feci tecum, fœnum quasi bos comedet.

ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει

His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.

Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus, et virtus illius in umbilico ventris ejus.

ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ' ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ' ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός

He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.

Stringit caudam suam quasi cedrum; nervi testiculorum ejus perplexi sunt.

ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται

His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

Ossa ejus velut fistulæ æris; cartilago illius quasi laminæ ferreæ.

αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ πλευραὶ χάλκειαι ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός

He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

Ipse est principium viarum Dei : qui fecit eum applicabit gladium ejus.

τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ

To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.

Huic montes herbas ferunt : omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.

ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ' ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ

He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.

Sub umbra dormit in secreto calami, et in locis humentibus.

ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον

The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

Protegunt umbræ umbram ejus : circumdabunt eum salices torrentis.

σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου

Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

Ecce absorbebit fluvium, et non mirabitur, et habet fiduciam quod influat Jordanis in os ejus.

ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ

In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.

ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα

Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus?

ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ περιθήσεις δὲ φορβεὰν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ

Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus?

εἰ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ ψελίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ

Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia?

λαλήσει δέ σοι δεήσει ἱκετηρίᾳ μαλακῶς

Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever,

Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum?

θήσεται δὲ διαθήκην μετὰ σοῦ λήμψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον

Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis?

παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ

Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?

Concident eum amici? divident illum negotiatores?

ἐνσιτοῦνται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη μεριτεύονται δὲ αὐτὸν φοινίκων γένη

Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?

Numquid implebis sagenas pelle ejus, et gurgustium piscium capite illius?

πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσιν βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ

Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.

Pone super eum manum tuam : memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.

ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν σώματι αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω

Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.

Ecce spes ejus frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur.

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