Job 25
Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel
Job chapter 25 is given here in full, verse by verse, in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), with the Greek text of the Septuagint set beneath each verse. The text follows the Septuagint tradition received throughout the Orthodox Church.
1 patristic excerpt is attached to this chapter, from Saint Gregory the Great.
Job 25
Bildad Asks How Man Can Be Righteous
1Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχίτης, λέγει,
2What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?Τί γὰρ προοίμιον ἢ φόβος παρʼ αὐτοῦ ὁ ποιῶν τὴν σύμπασαν ἐν ὑψιστῳ;
3For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?Μὴ γάρ τις ὑπολάβοι ὅτι ἐστὶ παρέλκυσις πειραταῖς· ἐπὶ τίνας δὲ οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἔνεδρα παρʼ αὐτοῦ;
4For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?Πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς ἔναντι Κυρίου; ἢ τίς ἂν ἀποκαθαρίσαι αὐτὸν γεννητὸς γυναικός;
5If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.Εἰ σελήνῃ συντάσσει, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιφαύσκει, ἄστρα δὲ οὐ καθαρὰ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
6But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.Ἔα δὲ, ἄνθρωπος σαπρία, καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου σκώληξ.
The Fathers on Job 25
Saint Gregory the Great comments on this chapter. Each excerpt below is drawn from the full text held in the Fathers Library; follow the link on any entry to read the whole work.
On Job 25:1–6Open Job 25 in the interactive reader Switch translations, hear the chapter read aloud, tap any verse for its patristic commentary, and study the Greek word by word.Saint Gregory the GreatThe wicked in the dark, the dominion and terror of God, and the pillars of heaven
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