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Job · Brenton's Greek Septuagint

Job 40 Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
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  • 1851
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LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἰὼβ, καὶ εἶπε,
1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2 μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλίνει; ἐλέγχων δὲ Θεὸν, ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν.
2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει τῷ Κυρίῳ,
3 Then Job answered Yahweh,
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.
4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 Ἅπαξ λελάληκα, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 Ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Κύριος, εἶπε τῷ Ἰὼβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους,
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Μὴ, ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀπόκριναι.
7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα· οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι, ἢ ἳνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος;
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Ἢ βραχίων σοί ἐστι κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἢ φωνῇ κατʼ αὐτοῦ βροντᾷς;
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν, δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίασαι.
10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 Ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ, πὰντα δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον.
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 Ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον, σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα.
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 Κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ὁμοθυμαδόν, τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον.
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Ὁμολογήσω ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι.
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοὶ, χόρτον ἶσα βουσὶν ἐσθίουσιν.
15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 Ἰδοὺ δὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ὀσφύϊ, ἡ δὲ δύναμις αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός·
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 Ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον, τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 Αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ, πλευραὶ χάλκειαι, ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 Τουτέστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος Κυρίου· πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 Ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπʼ ὄρος ἀκρότομον, ἐποίησε χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ.
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 Ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται, παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον.
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 Σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις, καὶ κλῶνες ἀγροῦ.
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Ἐὰν γένηται πλημμύρα, οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ· πέποιθεν, ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ἰορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 Ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν, ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα.
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
25 Ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ, περιθήσεις δὲ φορβαίεαν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ;
25 Not in this translation
26 Ἤ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ, ψελλίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ;
26 Not in this translation
27 Λαλήσει δέ σοι δεήσει, ἱκετηρίᾳ μαλακῶς;
27 Not in this translation
28 Θήσεται δὲ μετὰ σοῦ διαθήκην; λήψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον;
28 Not in this translation
29 Παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ; ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ;
29 Not in this translation
30 Ἐνσιτοῦνται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη, μεριτεύονται δὲ αὐτὸν Φοινίκων ἔθνη;
30 Not in this translation
31 Πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσι βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.
31 Not in this translation
32 Ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα, μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω.
32 Not in this translation
Cross references (22)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Job 38:1; Job 40:6
  2. 2 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 33:13; Isaiah 50:8
  3. 4 Proverbs 30:32; Job 29:9; Job 21:5; Job 42:6; Judges 18:19
  4. 5 Job 33:14; Psalm 62:11; Job 9:15; Job 9:3; Romans 3:19
  5. 6 Job 38:1; Psalm 50:3–4; 2 Peter 3:10–12; Hebrews 12:18–20
  6. 7 Job 38:3; Job 42:4; Job 23:3–4; Job 13:22
  7. 8 Romans 3:4; Job 32:2; Isaiah 28:18; Job 10:3; Psalm 51:4
  8. 9 Job 37:4–5; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 89:13; Psalm 89:10; Exodus 15:6
  9. 10 Psalm 93:1; Psalm 149:4; Isaiah 59:17; Job 39:19; Psalm 104:1–2
  10. 11 Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 2:11–12; Isaiah 2:17; Nahum 1:6; Isaiah 10:12–19
  11. 12 Isaiah 63:3; Malachi 4:3; Psalm 60:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Zechariah 10:5
  12. 13 Isaiah 2:10; Psalm 49:14; Job 36:13; Job 14:13; Esther 7:8
  13. 14 Romans 5:6; Psalm 44:3; Ephesians 2:4–9; Psalm 44:6; Isaiah 40:29
  14. 15 Psalm 104:14; Job 40:20; Genesis 1:24–26; Job 39:8
  15. 17 Job 41:23
  16. 18 Isaiah 48:4; Job 7:12
  17. 19 Job 41:33; Psalm 104:24; Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 7:12
  18. 20 Psalm 104:26; Psalm 104:14; Job 40:15; Psalm 147:8–9
  19. 21 Isaiah 19:6–7; Isaiah 35:7
  20. 22 Isaiah 15:7; Leviticus 23:40; Ezekiel 17:5
  21. 23 Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 28:16; Joshua 3:15; Psalm 55:8
  22. 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).

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“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).

  1. Quotes verse 40:23 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture III)

    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)