Job · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Job 40 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ο Κύριος απεκρίθη έτι προς τον Ιώβ και είπεν·
1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2 Ο διαδικαζόμενος προς τον Παντοδύναμον θέλει διδάξει αυτόν; ο ελέγχων τον Θεόν ας αποκριθή προς τούτο.
2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 Τότε ο Ιώβ απεκρίθη προς τον Κύριον και είπεν·
3 Then Job answered Yahweh,
4 Ιδού, εγώ είμαι ουτιδανός· τι δύναμαι να αποκριθώ προς σε; θέλω βάλει την χείρα μου επί το στόμα μου·
4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 άπαξ ελάλησα και δεν θέλω αποκριθή πλέον· μάλιστα, δίς· αλλά δεν θέλω επιπροσθέσει.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 Τότε απεκρίθη ο Κύριος προς τον Ιώβ εκ του ανεμοστροβίλου και είπε·
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Ζώσον ήδη ως ανήρ την οσφύν σου· εγώ θέλω σε ερωτήσει, και απάγγειλόν μοι.
7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Θέλεις άρα αναιρέσει την κρίσιν μου; θέλεις με καταδικάσει, διά να δικαιωθής;
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Έχεις βραχίονα ως ο Θεός; ή δύνασαι να βροντάς με φωνήν ως αυτός;
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Στολίσθητι τώρα μεγαλοπρέπειαν και υπεροχήν· και ενδύθητι δόξαν και ώραιότητα.
10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 Έκχεε τας φλόγας της οργής σου· και βλέπε πάντα υπερήφανον και ταπείνονε αυτόν.
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 Βλέπε πάντα υπερήφανον· κρήμνιζε αυτόν· και καταπάτει τους ασεβείς εν τω τόπω αυτών.
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 Κρύψον αυτούς ομού εν τω χώματι· κάλυψον τα πρόσωπα αυτών εν αφανεία.
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Τότε και εγώ θέλω ομολογήσει προς σε, ότι η δεξιά σου δύναται να σε σώση.
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Ιδού τώρα, ο Βεεμώθ, τον οποίον έκαμα μετά σου, τρώγει χόρτον ως βους.
15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 Ιδού τώρα, η δύναμις αυτού είναι εν τοις νεφροίς αυτού και η ισχύς αυτού εν τω ομφαλώ της κοιλίας αυτού.
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 Υψόνει την ουράν αυτού ως κέδρον· τα νεύρα των μηρών αυτού είναι συμπεπλεγμένα.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 Τα οστά αυτού είναι χάλκινοι σωλήνες· τα οστά αυτού ως μοχλοί σιδήρου.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 Τούτο είναι το αριστούργημα του Θεού· ο ποιήσας αυτόν δύναται να πλησιάση εις αυτόν την ρομφαίαν αυτού.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 Διότι τα όρη προμηθεύουσιν εις αυτόν την τροφήν, όπου παίζουσι πάντα τα θηρία του αγρού.
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 Πλαγιάζει υποκάτω των σκιερών δένδρων, υπό την σκέπην των καλάμων και εν τοις βάλτοις.
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 Τα σκιερά δένδρα σκεπάζουσιν αυτόν με την σκιάν αυτών· αι ιτέαι των ρυάκων περικαλύπτουσιν αυτόν.
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Ιδού, εάν πλημμυρίση ποταμός, δεν σπεύδει να φύγη· έχει θάρρος, και αν ο Ιορδάνης προσβάλλη εις το στόμα αυτού.
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 Δύναταί τις φανερά να συλλάβη αυτόν; ή διά παγίδων να διατρυπήση την ρίνα αυτού;
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
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)