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וַיַּעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב מנ הסערה מִן הַסְּעָרָה וַיֹּאמַר
Then HaShem answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Μετὰ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἐλιοὺν τῆς λέξεως, εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν,
And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, [saying],
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מִי זֶה מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּלִי־דָעַת
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλὴν, συνέχεν δὲ ῥήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν;
Who is this that hides counsel from me, And confines words in [his] heart, and thinks to conceal [them] from me?
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אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵנִי
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
Ζώσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου· ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.
Gird thy loins like a man; And I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
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אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָה
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding.
Ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν; ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν.
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,
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מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אוֹ מִי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּו
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
Τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς, εἰ οἶδας; ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπʼ αὐτῆς;
Who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? Or who stretched a line upon it?
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עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הָטְבָּעוּ אוֹ מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָהּ
Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
Ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασι; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπʼ αὐτῆς;
On what are its rings fastened? And who is he that laid the cornerstone upon it?
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בְּרָן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of G-d shouted for joy?
Ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα, ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου.
When the stars were made, All my angels praised me with a loud voice.
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וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵא
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;
Ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐγῆς ἐκπορευομένη·
And I shut up the sea with gates, When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb.
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בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתוֹ
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.
And I made a cloud its clothing, And swathed it in mist.
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וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָיִם
And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,
Ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια, περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας.
And I set bounds to it, Surrounding it with bars and gates.
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וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּיךָ
And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'?
Εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ, μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλʼ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα.
And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, But thy waves shall be confined within thee.
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הְמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר ידעתה שחר יִדַּעְתָּה הַשַּׁחַר מְקֹמוֹ
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;
Ἢ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωϊνόν; Ἑωσφόρος δὲ ἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν,
Or did I order the morning light in thy time; And [did] the morning star [then first] see his appointed place;
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לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּנָּה
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;
To lay hold of the extremities of the earth, To cast out the ungodly out of it?
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תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבוּשׁ
It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Ἢ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν, ἔπλασας ζῶον, καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπὶ γῆς;
Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, And set it with the power of speech upon the earth?
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וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁעִים אוֹרָם וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר
But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.
Ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;
And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, And crushed the arm of the proud?
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הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֹם הִתְהַלָּכְתָּ
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;
Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, And walked in the tracks of the deep?
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הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶה
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;
And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; And did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?
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הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּהּ
Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
Νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπʼ οὐρανόν; ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι, πόση τίς ἐστι;
And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the [whole earth] under heaven? Tell me now, what is the extent of it?
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אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמוֹ
Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;
Ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;
And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? And of what kind is the place of darkness?
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כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹ וְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבוֹת בֵּיתוֹ
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν·
If thou couldest bring me to their [utmost] boundaries, And if also thou knowest their paths;
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יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּים
Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
Οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;
I know then that thou wert born at that time, And the number of thy years is great.
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הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶג וְאֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶה
Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
Ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος, θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑώρακας;
But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? And hast thou seen the treasures of hail?
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אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָה
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν, εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμων καὶ μάχης;
And is there a store [of them], For thee against the time of [thine] enemies, For the day of wars and battle?
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אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹר יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ
By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη, ἢ διασκεδάννυται Νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανόν;
And whence proceeds the frost? Or [whence] is the south wind dispersed over the [whole world] under heaven?
25
מִי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלוֹת
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ῥύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν,
And who prepared a course for the violent rain, And a way for the thunders;
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לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בּוֹ
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ, ἔρημον οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ,
To rain upon the land where [there is] no man, The wilderness, where there is not a man in it; So as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited [land],
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לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶשֶׁא
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον, καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης;
And cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?
28
הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָל
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου;
Who is the rain’s father? And who has generated the drops of dew?
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מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֹ
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,
And out of whose womb comes the ice? And who has produced the frost in the sky,
30
כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּדוּ
The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπτηξε;
Which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?
31
הַתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה אוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּחַ
Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος, καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας;
And dost thou understand the band of Pleiades, And hast thou opened the barrier of Orion?
32
הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרוֹת בְּעִתּוֹ וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵם
Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?
Ἢ διανοίξεις μαζουρὼθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά;
Or wilt thou reveal Mazzaroth in his season, And the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?
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הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָרֶץ
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
Ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ, ἢ τὰ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;
And knowest thou the changes of heaven, Or the events which take place together under heaven?
34
הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ וְשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּךָּ
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;
And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, And will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?
35
ה͏ַתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּנוּ
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'?
Ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται; ἐροῦσι δέ σοι, τί ἐστι;
And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? And shall they say to thee, What is [thy pleasure]?
36
מִי־שָׁת בַּטֻּחוֹת חָכְמָה אוֹ מִי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָה
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Τίς δὲ ἔδωκε γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν, ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην;
And who has given to women skill in weaving, Or knowledge of embroidery?
37
מִי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחָכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּיב
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινε;
And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, And has bowed the heaven [down] to the earth?
38
בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּקוּ
When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
Κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.
For it is spread out as dusty earth, And I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.
39
הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּא
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσι βορὰν, ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπλήσεις;
And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? And satisfy the desires of the serpents?
40
כִּי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹת יֵשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָרֶב
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Δεδοίκασι γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν, κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες.
For they fear in their lairs, And lying in wait couch in the woods.
41
מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּי־ילדו יְלָדָיו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹכֶל
Who provideth for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry unto G-d, and wander for lack of food?
Τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασε κόρακι βοράν; νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κύριον κεκράγασι πλανώμενοι, τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες.
And who has prepared food for the raven? For its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, In search of food.