Job 25

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

τί γὰρ προοίμιον ἢ φόβος παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὁ ποιῶν τὴν σύμπασαν ἐν ὑψίστῳ

What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?

μὴ γάρ τις ὑπολάβοι ὅτι ἔστιν παρέλκυσις πειραταῖς ἐπὶ τίνας δὲ οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἔνεδρα παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ

For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?

πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς ἔναντι κυρίου ἢ τίς ἂν ἀποκαθαρίσαι ἑαυτὸν γεννητὸς γυναικός

For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

εἰ σελήνῃ συντάσσει καὶ οὐκ ἐπιφαύσκει ἄστρα δὲ οὐ καθαρὰ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ

If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

ἔα δέ ἄνθρωπος σαπρία καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου σκώληξ

But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.