Job 39

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Job 39

1Say if you know the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and if you have marked the calving of the hinds:Εἰ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας, ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων,

2and if you have have numbered the full months of their being with young, and if you have relieved their pangs:ἠρίθμησας δὲ μῆνας αὐτῶν πλήρεις τοκετοῦ αὐτῶν, ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας,

3and have reared their young without fear; and will you loosen their pangs?ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου, ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς,

4Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: their young will go forth, and will not return to them.ἀποῤῥήξουσι τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γενγήματι· ἐξελεύσονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς.

5And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?Τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον; δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν;

6whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.Ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον, καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα.

7He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.Καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως, μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων,

8He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ.

9And will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or to lie down at your manger?Βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι, ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου;

10And will you bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plow furrows for you in the plain?Δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ, ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ;

11And do you trust him, because his strength is great? and will you commit your works to him?Πέποιθας δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου;

12And will you believe that he will return to you your seed, and bring it in to your threshing floor?Πιστεύσεις δὲ, ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον, εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα;

13The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice,Πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεέλασσα, ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ἁσίδα καὶ νέσσα·

14for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,Ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ὠὰ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει,

15and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.καὶ ἐπελάθετο, ὅτι ποῦς σκορπιεῖ, καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει.

16She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labors in vain without fear.Ἀπεσκλήρυνε τὰ τέκνα ἑαυτῆς, ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτήν· εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου.

17For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.Ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ Θεὸς σοφίαν, καὶ οὐκ ἐπεμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει.

18In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.Κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει, καταγελάσεται ἵππου, καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ.

19Have you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?Ἢ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν, ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον;

20And have you clad him in perfect armor, and made his breast glorious with courage?Περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν; δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ.

21He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.Ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ, ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύϊ.

22He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.Συναντῶν βασιλεῖ καταγελᾷ, καὶ οὐ μὴν ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου.

23The bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground:Ἐπʼ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα,

24and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.καὶ ὀργὴ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν· καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσει, ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ.

25And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.Σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης, λέγει, εὖγε· πόῤῥωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ.

26And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?Ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ, ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας, ἀκίνητος, καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς Νότον;

27And does the eagle rise at your command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,Ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετὸς, γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται,

28on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?ἐπʼ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας, καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ,

29Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα, πόῤῥωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσι.

30And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.Νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι, οὗ δʼ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες, παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται.

31And the Lord God answered Job, and said,

32Will any one pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.

33And Job answered and said to the Lord,

34Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

35I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.