Job 40 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Of the power of God in the behemoth and the leviathan.
Book: Job · ← Job 39 · Job 41 →
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GR ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους
LA Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit:
EN And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
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GR μή ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι
LA Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos: interrogabo te, et indica mihi.
EN Gird up your loins like a man: I will ask you, and you tell me.
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GR μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος
LA Numquid irritum facies judicium meum, et condemnabis me, ut tu justificeris?
EN Will you make void my judgment: and condemn me, that you may be justified?
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GR ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν βροντᾷς
LA Et si habes brachium sicut Deus? et si voce simili tonas?
EN And have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like him?
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GR ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι
LA Circumda tibi decorem, et in sublime erigere, et esto gloriosus, et speciosis induere vestibus.
EN Clothe yourself with beauty, and set yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
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GR ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον
LA Disperge superbos in furore tuo, et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia.
EN Scatter the proud in your indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
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GR ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα
LA Respice cunctos superbos, et confunde eos, et contere impios in loco suo.
EN Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,
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GR κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔξω ὁμοθυμαδόν τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον
LA Absconde eos in pulvere simul, et facies eorum demerge in foveam.
EN hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
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GR ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι
LA Et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua.
EN Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
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GR ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει
LA Ecce behemoth quem feci tecum, fœnum quasi bos comedet.
EN Behold behemoth whom I made with you, he eats grass like an ox.
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[!note]- Behemoth…
In Hebrew, behema, which signifies in general an animal; but many authors explain, that here it is put for the elephant. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ’ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός
LA Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus, et virtus illius in umbilico ventris ejus.
EN His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
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GR ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται
LA Stringit caudam suam quasi cedrum; nervi testiculorum ejus perplexi sunt.
EN He sets up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
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GR αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ πλευραὶ χάλκειαι ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός
LA Ossa ejus velut fistulæ æris; cartilago illius quasi laminæ ferreæ.
EN His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.
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GR τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ
LA Ipse est principium viarum Dei: qui fecit eum applicabit gladium ejus.
EN He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.
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[!note]- He will apply his sword…
This text is variously explained: some explain the sword, the horn given to the animal for his defence: others, the power that God hath given to the animal for his defence: others, the power that God hath given to man to slay him, notwithstanding his great size and strength. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ’ ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ
LA Huic montes herbas ferunt: omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.
EN To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
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GR ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον
LA Sub umbra dormit in secreto calami, et in locis humentibus.
EN He sleeps under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
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GR σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου
LA Protegunt umbræ umbram ejus: circumdabunt eum salices torrentis.
EN The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
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GR ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
LA Ecce absorbebit fluvium, et non mirabitur, et habet fiduciam quod influat Jordanis in os ejus.
EN Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusts that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
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GR ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα
LA In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.
EN In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
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GR ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ περιθήσεις δὲ φορβεὰν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ
LA An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus?
EN Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, or can you tie his tongue with a cord?
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[!note]- Leviathan…
The whale or some sea monster. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR εἰ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ ψελίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ
LA Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus?
EN Can you put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
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GR λαλήσει δέ σοι δεήσει ἱκετηρίᾳ μαλακῶς
LA Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia?
EN Will he make many supplications to you, or speak soft words to you?
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GR θήσεται δὲ διαθήκην μετὰ σοῦ λήμψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον
LA Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum?
EN Will he make a covenant with you, and will you take him to be a servant for ever,
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GR παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ
LA Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis?
EN shall you play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for your handmaids?
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GR ἐνσιτοῦνται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη μεριτεύονται δὲ αὐτὸν φοινίκων γένη
LA Concident eum amici? divident illum negotiatores?
EN Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
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GR πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσιν βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ
LA Numquid implebis sagenas pelle ejus, et gurgustium piscium capite illius?
EN Will you fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
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GR ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν σώματι αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω
LA Pone super eum manum tuam: memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.
EN Lay your hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.
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GR οὐχ ἑόρακας αὐτὸν οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις τεθαύμακας
LA Ecce spes ejus frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur.
EN Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
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