Job 38 Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.

LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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1 Μετὰ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἐλιοὺν τῆς λέξεως, εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν,

1 Y RESPONDIÓ Jehová á Job desde un torbellino, y dijo:

1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

2 Τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλὴν, συνέχεν δὲ ῥήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν;

2 ¿Quién es ése que oscurece el consejo con palabras sin sabiduría?

2 “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Ζώσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου· ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.

3 Ahora ciñe como varón tus lomos; yo te preguntaré, y hazme saber tú.

3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

4 Ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν; ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν.

4 ¿Dónde estabas cuando yo fundaba la tierra? házme[lo] saber, si tienes inteligencia.

4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

5 Τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς, εἰ οἶδας; ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπʼ αὐτῆς;

5 ¿Quién ordenó sus medidas, si lo sabes? ¿ó quién extendió sobre ella cordel?

5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

6 Ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασι; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπʼ αὐτῆς;

6 ¿Sobre qué están fundadas sus basas? ¿ó quién puso su piedra angular,

6 What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,

7 Ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα, ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου.

7 Cuando las estrellas todas del alba alababan, y se regocijaban todos los hijos de Dios?

7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 Ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐγῆς ἐκπορευομένη·

8 ¿Quién encerró con puertas la mar, cuando se derramaba por fuera [como] saliendo de madre;

8 “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

9 Ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.

9 Cuando puse yo nubes por vestidura suya, y por su faja oscuridad.

9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

10 Ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια, περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας.

10 Y establecí sobre ella mi decreto, y le puse puertas y cerrojo,

10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

11 Εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ, μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλʼ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα.

11 Y dije: Hasta aquí vendrás, y no pasarás adelante, y ahí parará la hinchazón de tus ondas?

11 and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?

12 Ἢ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωϊνόν; Ἑωσφόρος δὲ ἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν,

12 ¿Has tú mandado á la mañana en tus días? ¿has mostrado al alba su lugar,

12 “Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,

13 ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;

13 Para que ocupe los fines de la tierra, y que sean sacudidos de ella los impíos?

13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

14 Ἢ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν, ἔπλασας ζῶον, καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπὶ γῆς;

14 Trasmúdase como lodo bajo de sello, y viene á estar como [con] vestidura:

14 It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.

15 Ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;

15 Mas la luz de los impíos es quitada de ellos, y el brazo enaltecido es quebrantado.

15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

16 Ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;

16 ¿Has entrado tú hasta los profundos de la mar, y has andado escudriñando el abismo?

16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

17 Ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;

17 ¿Hante sido descubiertas las puertas de la muerte, y has visto las puertas de la sombra de muerte?

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

18 Νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπʼ οὐρανόν; ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι, πόση τίς ἐστι;

18 ¿Has tú considerado hasta las anchuras de la tierra? Declara si sabes todo esto.

18 Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.

19 Ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;

19 ¿Por dónde va el camino á la habitación de la luz, y dónde está el lugar de las tinieblas?

19 “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

20 Εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν·

20 ¿Si llevarás tú [ambas cosas] á sus términos, y entenderás las sendas de su casa?

20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

21 Οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;

21 ¿Sabíaslo tú porque hubieses ya nacido, ó [porque es] grande el número de tus días?

21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

22 Ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος, θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑώρακας;

22 ¿Has tú entrado en los tesoros de la nieve, ó has visto los tesoros del granizo,

22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

23 Ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν, εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμων καὶ μάχης;

23 Lo cual tengo yo reservado para el tiempo de angustia, para el día de la guerra y de la batalla?

23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 Πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη, ἢ διασκεδάννυται Νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανόν;

24 ¿Por qué camino se reparte la luz, y se esparce el viento solano sobre la tierra?

24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

25 Τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ῥύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν,

25 ¿Quién repartió conducto al turbión, y camino á los relámpagos y truenos,

25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,

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

26 Haciendo llover sobre la tierra deshabitada, sobre el desierto, donde no hay hombre,

26 to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,

27 τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον, καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης;

27 Para hartar la [tierra] desierta é inculta, y para hacer brotar la tierna hierba?

27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?

28 Τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου;

28 ¿Tiene la lluvia padre? ¿ó quién engendró las gotas del rocío?

28 Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

29 Ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,

29 ¿De qué vientre salió el hielo? y la escarcha del cielo, ¿quién la engendró?

29 Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?

30 ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπτηξε;

30 Las aguas se endurecen á manera de piedra, y congélase la haz del abismo.

30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

31 Συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος, καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας;

31 ¿Podrás tú impedir las delicias de las Pléyades, ó desatarás las ligaduras del Orión?

31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

32 Ἢ διανοίξεις μαζουρὼθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά;

32 ¿Sacarás tú á su tiempo los signos de los cielos, ó guiarás el Arcturo con sus hijos?

32 Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

33 Ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ, ἢ τὰ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;

33 ¿Supiste tú las ordenanzas de los cielos? ¿dispondrás tú de su potestad en la tierra?

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

34 καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;

34 ¿Alzarás tú á las nubes tu voz, para que te cubra muchedumbre de aguas?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?

35 Ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται; ἐροῦσι δέ σοι, τί ἐστι;

35 ¿Enviarás tú los relámpagos, para que ellos vayan? ¿y diránte ellos: Henos aquí?

35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Τίς δὲ ἔδωκε γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν, ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην;

36 ¿Quién puso la sabiduría en el interior? ¿ó quién dió al entendimiento la inteligencia?

36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

37 Τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινε;

37 ¿Quién puso por cuenta los cielos con sabiduría? y los odres de los cielos, ¿quién los hace parar,

37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,

38 Κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.

38 Cuando el polvo se ha convertido en dureza, y los terrones se han pegado unos con otros?

38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

39 Θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσι βορὰν, ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπλήσεις;

39 Not in this translation

39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

40 Δεδοίκασι γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν, κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες.

40 Not in this translation

40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

41 Τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασε κόρακι βοράν; νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κύριον κεκράγασι πλανώμενοι, τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες.

41 Not in this translation

41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

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Quotes verse 38:28 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IX)
Who is the father of the rain? And who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 38:1 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The First Theological Oration)
And yet, O talkative Dialectician, I will ask thee one small question, and answer thou me, as He saith to Job, Who through whirlwind and cloud giveth Divine admonitions. Are there many mansions in God's House, as thou hast heard, or only one?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 38:6 Basil of Caesarea, Hexaemeron (Homily I)
Put then a limit to your thought, so that your curiosity in investigating the incomprehensible may not incur the reproaches of Job, and you be not asked by him, "Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?" If ever you hear in the Psalms, "I bear up the pillars of it;" see in these pillars the power which sustains it.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
Quotes verse 38:37 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IX)
… condensed the air into clouds, and bade them carry the waters of the rain, now bringing golden-tinted clouds from the north, now changing these into one uniform appearance, and again transforming them into manifold circles and other shapes? Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 38:37 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IX)
Whereof in Job it saith, And He knoweth the separations of the clouds, and hath bent down the heaven to the earth: and, He who numbereth the clouds in wisdom: and, the cloud is not rent under Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

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