Job 26 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job declares his sentiments of the wisdom and power of God.
Book: Job · ← Job 25 · Job 27 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
LA Respondens autem Job dixit:
EN Then Job answered, and said:
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GR τίνι πρόσκεισαι ἢ τίνι μέλλεις βοηθεῖν πότερον οὐχ ᾧ πολλὴ ἰσχὺς καὶ ᾧ βραχίων κραταιός ἐστιν
LA Cujus adjutor es? numquid imbecillis? et sustentas brachium ejus qui non est fortis?
EN Whose helper are you? Is it of him that is weak? And do you hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
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GR τίνι συμβεβούλευσαι οὐχ ᾧ πᾶσα σοφία ἢ τίνι ἐπακολουθήσεις οὐχ ᾧ μεγίστη δύναμις
LA Cui dedisti consilium? forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam: et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.
EN To whom have you given counsel? Perhaps to him that has no wisdom, and you have shown your very great prudence.
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GR τίνι ἀνήγγειλας ῥήματα πνοὴ δὲ τίνος ἐστὶν ἡ ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκ σοῦ
LA Quem docere voluisti? nonne eum qui fecit spiramentum?
EN Whom have you desired to teach? Was it not him that made life?
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GR μὴ γίγαντες μαιωθήσονται ὑποκάτωθεν ὕδατος καὶ τῶν γειτόνων αὐτοῦ
LA Ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis, et qui habitant cum eis.
EN Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
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GR γυμνὸς ὁ ᾅδης ἐπώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν περιβόλαιον τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ
LA Nudus est infernus coram illo, et nullum est operimentum perditioni.
EN Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.
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GR ἐκτείνων βορέαν ἐπ’ οὐδέν κρεμάζων γῆν ἐπὶ οὐδενός
LA Qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum, et appendit terram super nihilum.
EN He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
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GR δεσμεύων ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐρράγη νέφος ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ
LA Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
EN He binds up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
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GR ὁ κρατῶν πρόσωπον θρόνου ἐκπετάζων ἐπ’ αὐτὸν νέφος αὐτοῦ
LA Qui tenet vultum solii sui, et expandit super illud nebulam suam.
EN He withholds the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud over it.
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GR πρόσταγμα ἐγύρωσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος μέχρι συντελείας φωτὸς μετὰ σκότους
LA Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebræ.
EN He has set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
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GR στῦλοι οὐρανοῦ ἐπετάσθησαν καὶ ἐξέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιτιμήσεως αὐτοῦ
LA Columnæ cæli contremiscunt, et pavent ad nutum ejus.
EN The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
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GR ἰσχύι κατέπαυσεν τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπιστήμῃ δὲ ἔτρωσε τὸ κῆτος
LA In fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt, et prudentia ejus percussit superbum.
EN By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
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GR κλεῖθρα δὲ οὐρανοῦ δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν προστάγματι δὲ ἐθανάτωσεν δράκοντα ἀποστάτην
LA Spiritus ejus ornavit cælos, et obstetricante manu ejus, eductus est coluber tortuosus.
EN His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
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[!note]- His obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent…
That is, the omnipotent power of God: which brought forth all things created in time, but conceived in the Divine mind from all eternity. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἰδοὺ ταῦτα μέρη ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ ἰκμάδα λόγου ἀκουσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῷ σθένος δὲ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ τίς οἶδεν ὁπότε ποιήσει
LA Ecce hæc ex parte dicta sunt viarum ejus: et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis ejus audierimus, quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?
EN Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
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[!note]- The winding serpent,
a constellation of fixed stars winding round the north pole, called Draco. This appears from the foregoing part of the same verse, His spirit hath adorned the heavens. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
