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But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
Greek · SeptuagintἈληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως.
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Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Job
But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην, δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται.
Then Job answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,
I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?
Greek · SeptuagintἘπʼ ἀληθείας οἶδα, ὅτι οὕτως ἐστί· πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ Κυρίῳ;
For if he would enter into judgment with him, [God] would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων.
For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
Greek · SeptuagintΣοφὸς γάρ ἐστι διανοίᾳ, κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας· τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν;
Who wears out the mountains, and [men] know it not: who overturns them in anger.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν, ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ·
Who shakes the [earth] under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ σείων τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων, οἱ δὲ στύλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται·
Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει, κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει·
Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος, καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπʼ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης·
Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ Ἕσπερον καὶ Ἀρκτοῦρον, καὶ ταμεῖα Νότου·
Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.
If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known [it].
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν ὑπερβῇ με, οὐ μὴ ἴδω· ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με, οὐδʼ ὡς ἔγνων.
If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done?
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ, τίς ἀποστρέψει; ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ, τί ἐποίησας;
For [if] he has turned away [his] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργὴν, ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπʼ οὐρανόν
Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσεται, ἤ διακρίνει τὰ ῥήματά μου.
For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου, τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι·
And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice.
Greek · SeptuagintἘάν τε καλέσω καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ, οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέ μου τῆς φωνῆς.
Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made my bruises many without cause.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ· πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκε διακενῆς.
For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι· ἐνέπλησε δέ με πικρίας,
For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?
Greek · Septuagintὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύει κράτει· τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται;
For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει· ἐάν τε ᾧ ἄμεμπτος, σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι.
For even if I have sinned, I know it not [in] my soul: but my life is taken away.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα, οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ, πλὴν ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή.
Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιὸ εἶπον, μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή,
For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
Greek · Septuagintὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ, ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται,
For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous [man]: he covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it be not he, who is it?
Greek · Septuagintπαραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς, πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει· εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός ἐστι, τίς ἐστιν;
But my life is swifter than a post: [my days] have fled away, and they knew it not.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ δὲ βίος μου ἐστὶν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως· ἀπέδρασαν, καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν.
Or again, is there a trace of [their] path [left] by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks [its] prey?
Greek · SeptuagintἪ καὶ ἐστι ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ, ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν;
And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;
Greek · SeptuagintἘάν τε γὰρ εἶπω, ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν, συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω·
I quake in all my limbs, for I know that thou wilt not leave me alone [as] innocent.
Greek · SeptuagintΣείομαι πᾶσι τοῖς μέλεσιν, οἴδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῶόν με ἐάσεις.
But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?
Greek · SeptuagintἘπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβὴς, διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον;
For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι, καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶ καθαραῖς,
thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.
Greek · Septuagintἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας, ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή.
For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ γὰρ εἰ ἄνθρωπος κατʼ ἐμὲ, ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι, ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν.
Would that [he] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐλέγχων, καὶ διακούων ἀναμέσον ἀμφοτέρων.
Let him remove [his] rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Greek · SeptuagintἈπαλλαξάτω ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον, ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω,
so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious [of guilt].
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ, ἀλλὰ λαλήσω· οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι.
Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαμνὼν τῇ ψυχῇ μου, στένων ἐπαφήσω ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὰ ῥήματα μου· λαλήσω πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος,
And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and wherefore hast thou thus judged me?
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς Κύριον, μή με ἀσεβεῖν δίδασκε· καὶ διατί με οὕτως ἔκρινας;
Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? for thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.
Greek · SeptuagintἪ καλόν σοι ἐὰν ἀδικήσω; ὅτι ἀπείπω ἔργα χειρῶν σου, βουλῇ δὲ ἀσεβῶν προσέσχες.
Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? or wilt thou look as a man sees?
Greek · SeptuagintἪ ὥσπερ βροτὸς ὁρᾷ, καθορᾷς; ἢ καθὼς ὁρᾷ ἄνθρωπος, βλέψῃ;
Or is thy life human, or thy years [the years] of a man,
Greek · SeptuagintἪ ὁ βίος σου ἀνθρώπινός ἐστιν, ἢ τὰ ἔτη σου ἀνδρὸς,
that thou hast enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins?
Greek · Septuagintὅτι ἀνεζήτησας τὴν ἀνομίαν μου, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας μου ἐξιχνίασας;
For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?
Greek · SeptuagintΟἶδας γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἠσέβησα· ἀλλὰ τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐξαιρούμενος;
Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change [thy mind], and smite me.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἱ χεῖρές σου ἔπλασάν με καὶ ἐποίησάν με, μετὰ ταῦτα μεταβαλών με ἔπαισας.
Remember that thou hast made me [as] clay, and thou dost turn me again to earth.
Greek · SeptuagintΜνήσθητι, ὅτι πηλόν με ἔπλασας, εἰς δὲ γῆν με πάλιν ἀποστρέφεις.
Hast thou not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Greek · SeptuagintἪ οὐχ ὥσπερ γάλα με ἤμελξας, ἐτύρωσας δέ με ἶσα τυρῷ;
And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.
Greek · SeptuagintΔέρμα δὲ καὶ κρέας με ἐνέδυσας, ὀστέοις δὲ καὶ νεύροις με ἔνειρας.
And thou didst bestow upon me life and mercy, and thy oversight has preserved my spirit.
Greek · SeptuagintΖωὴν δὲ καὶ ἔλεος ἔθου παρʼ ἐμοὶ, ἡ δὲ ἐπισκοπή σου ἐφυλαξέ μου τὸ πνεῦμα.
Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; for nothing is impossible with thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΤαῦτα ἔχων ἐν σεαυτῷ, οἶδα ὅτι πάντα δύνασαι· ἀδυνατεῖ δέ σοι οὐθέν.
And if I should sin, thou watchest me; and thou hast not cleared me from iniquity.
Greek · SeptuagintἘάν τε γὰρ ἁμάρτω, φυλάσσεις με, ἀπὸ δὲ ἀνομίας οὐκ ἀθῶόν με πεποίηκας.
Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonour.
Greek · SeptuagintἘάν τε γὰρ ἀσεβήσω, οἴμοι· ἐὰν δὲ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐ δύναμαι ἀνακύψαι, πλήρης γὰρ ἀτιμίας εἰμί.
For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;
Greek · SeptuagintἈγρεύομαι γὰρ ὥσπερ λέων εἰς σφαγήν· πάλιν γὰρ μεταβαλὼν δεινῶς με ὀλέκεις,
renewing against me my torture: and thou hast dealt with me in great anger, and thou hast brought trials upon me.
Greek · Septuagintἐπανακαινίζων ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὴν ἔτασίν μου· ὀργῇ δὲ μεγάλῃ μοι ἐχρήσω, ἐπήγαγες δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ πειρατήρια.
Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,
Greek · SeptuagintἹνατί οὖν ἐκ κοιλίας με ἐξήγαγες, καὶ οὐκ ἀπέθανον, ὀφθαλμὸς δέ με οὐκ εἶδε,
and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ὥσπερ οὐκ ὢν ἐγενόμην; διατί γὰρ ἐκ γαστρὸς εἰς μνῆμα οὐκ ἀπηλλάγην;
Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,
Greek · SeptuagintἪ οὐκ ὀλίγος ἐστὶν ὁ βίος τοῦ χρόνου μου; ἔασόν με ἀναπαύσασθαι μικρὸν,
before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;
Greek · Septuagintπρὸ τοῦ με πορευθῆναι ὅθεν οὐκ ἀναστρέψω, εἰς γῆν σκοτεινὴν καὶ γνοφερὰν,
to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can any one] see the life of mortals.
Greek · Septuagintεἰς γῆν σκότους αἰωνίου, οὗ οὐκ ἔστι φέγγος, οὐδὲ ὁρᾷν ζωὴν βροτῶν.
Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφὰρ ὁ Μιναῖος, λέγει,
He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short-lived offspring of woman.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ τὰ πολλὰ λέγων, καὶ ἀντακούσεται· ἢ καὶ ὁ εὔλαλος οἴεται εἶναι δίκαιος;
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?
Greek · Septuagintεὐλογημένος γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ὀλιγόβιος. Μὴ πολὺς ἐν ῥήμασι γίνου, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἀντικρινόμενός σοι;
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ γὰρ λέγε, ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι τοῖς ἔργοις καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips with thee!
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλὰ πῶς ἂν ὁ Κύριος λαλήσαι πρὸς σὲ, καὶ ἀνοίξει χείλη αὐτοῦ μετὰ σοῦ;
Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἶτα ἀναγγελεῖ σοι δύναμιν σοφίας· ὅτι διπλοῦς ἔσται τῶν κατὰ σέ· καὶ τότε γνώσῃ, ὅτι ἄξιά σοι ἀπέβη ἀπὸ Κυρίου ὧν ἡμάρτηκας.
Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
Greek · SeptuagintἪ ἴχνος Κυρίου εὑρήσεις, ἢ εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα ἀφίκου ἃ ἐποίησεν ὁ παντοκράτωρ;
Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?
Greek · SeptuagintὙψηλὸς ὁ οὐρανὸς, καὶ τί ποιήσεις; βαθύτερα δὲ τῶν ἐν ᾅδου, τί οἶδας;
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
Greek · Septuagintἢ μακρότερα μέτρου γῆς, ἢ εὔρους θαλάσσης;
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν δὲ καταστρέψῃ τὰ πάντα, τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ, τί ἐποίησας;
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτὸς γὰρ οἶδεν ἔργα ἀνόμων, ἰδὼν δὲ ἄτοπα οὐ παρόψεται.
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass of the desert.
Greek · SeptuagintἌνθρωπος δὲ ἄλλως νήχεται λόγοις· βροτὸς δὲ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς, ἶσα ὄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ.
For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ γὰρ σὺ καθαρὰν ἔθου τὴν καρδίαν σου, ὑπτιάζεις δὲ χεῖρας πρὸς αὐτὸν,
if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put it far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.
Greek · Septuagintεἰ ἄνομόν τί ἐστιν ἐν χερσί σου, πόῤῥω ποίησον αὐτὸ ἀπὸ σοῦ, ἀδικία δὲ ἐν διαίτῃ σου μὴ αὐλισθήτω·
For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὕτως γὰρ ἀναλάμψει σου τὸ πρόσωπον, ὥσπερ ὕδωρ καθαρὸν, ἐκδύσῃ δὲ ῥύπον, καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθήσῃ·
And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ τὸν κόπον ἐπιλήσῃ, ὥσπερ κῦμα παρελθὸν, καὶ οὐ πτοηθήσῃ·
And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noon-day.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ δὲ εὐχή σου ὥσπερ Ἑωσφόρος, ἐκ δὲ μεσημβρίας ἀνατελεῖ σοι ζωή·
And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.
Greek · SeptuagintΠεποιθώς τε ἔσῃ, ὅτι ἐστί σοι ἐλπὶς, ἐκ δὲ μερίμνης καὶ φροντίδος ἀναφανεῖταί σοι εἰρήνη·
For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
Greek · SeptuagintἩσυχάσεις γὰρ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ πολεμῶν σε· μεταβαλόμενοι δὲ πολλοί σου δεηθήσονται.
But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
Greek · SeptuagintΣωτηρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀπολείψει· ἡ γὰρ ἐλπὶς αὐτῶν ἀπώλεια, ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν τακήσονται.
And Job answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,
So then ye [alone] are men, and wisdom shall die with you?
Greek · SeptuagintΕἶτα ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἄνθρωποι, ἢ μεθʼ ὑμῶν τελευτήσει σοφία;
[But] I also have a heart as well as you.
Greek · SeptuagintΚᾀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθʼ ὑμᾶς ἐστι.
For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.
Greek · SeptuagintΔίκαιος γὰρ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐγεννήθη εἰς χλεύασμα·
For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be [held] guiltless,
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰς χρόνον γὰρ τακτὸν ἡτοίμαστο πεσεῖν ὑπὸ ἄλλων, οἴκους τε αὐτοῦ ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνόμων·
even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition [made] of them.
Greek · Septuagintοὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς πεποιθέτω πονηρὸς ὢν ἀθῶος ἔσεσθαι, ὅσοι παροργίζουσι τὸν Κύριον, ὡς οὐχὶ καὶ ἔτασις αὐτῶν ἔσται.
But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλὰ δὴ ἐρώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσι, πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν.
Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.
Greek · SeptuagintἘκδιήγησαι γῇ, ἐάν σοι φράσῃ, καὶ ἐξηγήσονταί σοι οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης.
Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them?
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς οὖν οὐκ ἔγνω ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις, ὅτι χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐποίησε ταῦτα;
Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ μὴ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ψυχὴ πάντων ζώντων, καὶ πνεῦμα παντὸς ἀνθρώπου.
For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὖς μὲν γὰρ ῥήματα διακρίνει, λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται.
In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία, ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη.
With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding.
Greek · SeptuagintΠαρʼ αὐτῷ σοφία καὶ δύναμις, αὐτῷ βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις.
If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against men, who shall open?
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν καταβάλῃ, τίς οἰκοδομήσει; ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατʼ ἀνθρώπων, τίς ἀνοίξει;
If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν κωλύσῃ τὸ ὕδωρ, ξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπαφῇ, ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὴν καταστρέψας.
With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.
Greek · SeptuagintΠαρʼ αὐτῷ κράτος καὶ ἰσχὺς, αὐτῷ ἐπιστήμη καὶ σύνεσις.
He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιάγων βουλευτὰς αἰχμαλώτους, κριτὰς δὲ γῆς ἐξέστησε.
He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαθιζάνων βασιλεῖς ἐπὶ θρόνους, καὶ περιεδησε ζώνῃ ὀσφύας αὐτῶν.
He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖς αἰχμαλώτους, δυνάστας δὲ γῆς κατέστρεψε.
He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω.
He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.
Greek · SeptuagintἘκχέων ἀτιμίαν ἐπʼ ἄρχοντας, ταπεινοὺς δὲ ἰάσατο.