1 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἰὼβ, καὶ εἶπε, 2 μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλίνει; ἐλέγχων δὲ Θεὸν, ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν. 3 Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει τῷ Κυρίῳ, 4 τί ἔτι ἐγὼ κρίνομαι, νουθετούμενος καὶ ἐλέγχων Κύριον, ἀκούων τοιαῦτα οὐθὲν ὤν; ἐγὼ δὲ τίνα ἀπόκρισιν δῶ πρὸς ταῦτα; χεῖρα θήσω ἐπὶ στόματί μου. 5 Ἅπαξ λελάληκα, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω. 6 Ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Κύριος, εἶπε τῷ Ἰὼβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους, 7 Μὴ, ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀπόκριναι. 8 Μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα· οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι, ἢ ἳνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος; 9 Ἢ βραχίων σοί ἐστι κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἢ φωνῇ κατʼ αὐτοῦ βροντᾷς; 10 Ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν, δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίασαι. 11 Ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ, πὰντα δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον. 12 Ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον, σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα. 13 Κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ὁμοθυμαδόν, τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον. 14 Ὁμολογήσω ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι. 15 Ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοὶ, χόρτον ἶσα βουσὶν ἐσθίουσιν. 16 Ἰδοὺ δὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ὀσφύϊ, ἡ δὲ δύναμις αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός· 17 Ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον, τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται. 18 Αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ, πλευραὶ χάλκειαι, ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός. 19 Τουτέστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος Κυρίου· πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ. 20 Ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπʼ ὄρος ἀκρότομον, ἐποίησε χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ. 21 Ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται, παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον. 22 Σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις, καὶ κλῶνες ἀγροῦ. 23 Ἐὰν γένηται πλημμύρα, οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ· πέποιθεν, ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ἰορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ. 24 Ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν, ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα. 25 Ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ, περιθήσεις δὲ φορβαίεαν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ; 26 Ἤ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ, ψελλίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ; 27 Λαλήσει δέ σοι δεήσει, ἱκετηρίᾳ μαλακῶς; 28 Θήσεται δὲ μετὰ σοῦ διαθήκην; λήψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον; 29 Παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ; ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ; 30 Ἐνσιτοῦνται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη, μεριτεύονται δὲ αὐτὸν Φοινίκων ἔθνη; 31 Πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσι βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ. 32 Ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα, μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω.
Job · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Job 40 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 38:1; Job 40:6
- 2 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 33:13; Isaiah 50:8
- 4 Proverbs 30:32; Job 29:9; Job 21:5; Job 42:6; Judges 18:19
- 5 Job 33:14; Psalm 62:11; Job 9:15; Job 9:3; Romans 3:19
- 6 Job 38:1; Psalm 50:3–4; 2 Peter 3:10–12; Hebrews 12:18–20
- 7 Job 38:3; Job 42:4; Job 23:3–4; Job 13:22
- 8 Romans 3:4; Job 32:2; Isaiah 28:18; Job 10:3; Psalm 51:4
- 9 Job 37:4–5; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 89:13; Psalm 89:10; Exodus 15:6
- 10 Psalm 93:1; Psalm 149:4; Isaiah 59:17; Job 39:19; Psalm 104:1–2
- 11 Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 2:11–12; Isaiah 2:17; Nahum 1:6; Isaiah 10:12–19
- 12 Isaiah 63:3; Malachi 4:3; Psalm 60:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Zechariah 10:5
- 13 Isaiah 2:10; Psalm 49:14; Job 36:13; Job 14:13; Esther 7:8
- 14 Romans 5:6; Psalm 44:3; Ephesians 2:4–9; Psalm 44:6; Isaiah 40:29
- 15 Psalm 104:14; Job 40:20; Genesis 1:24–26; Job 39:8
- 17 Job 41:23
- 18 Isaiah 48:4; Job 7:12
- 19 Job 41:33; Psalm 104:24; Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 7:12
- 20 Psalm 104:26; Psalm 104:14; Job 40:15; Psalm 147:8–9
- 21 Isaiah 19:6–7; Isaiah 35:7
- 22 Isaiah 15:7; Leviticus 23:40; Ezekiel 17:5
- 23 Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 28:16; Joshua 3:15; Psalm 55:8
- 24 Job 41:1–2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
According to Job, there was in the waters the dragon that draweth up Jordan into his mouth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)