¹約伯譏笑比勒達約伯回答說：

¹Then Job answered,

²“無能力的，你怎樣幫助他，膀臂無力的，你怎樣拯救他！

²“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

³無智慧的，你怎樣教導他，顯明你豐盛的智慧！

³How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

⁴你靠誰發言呢？誰的靈從你而出呢？

⁴To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

⁵稱讚　神偉大的作為陰魂和在水中居住的，都在水下痛苦不堪。

⁵“Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

⁶陰間在　神面前赤露敞開，滅亡之處也沒有遮蓋。

⁶ Sheol Sheol is the lower world or the grave. is naked before God, and Abaddon Abaddon means Destroyer. has no covering.

⁷他把北極鋪在空間，把地球掛在太空。

⁷He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

⁸他把水包在密雲中，水下面的雲卻不破裂。

⁸He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

⁹他遮蔽自己寶座的正面，把雲鋪在上面。

⁹He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

¹⁰在水面劃出界限，直到光與暗的交界。

¹⁰He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

¹¹天的柱子都因他的斥責震動驚奇；

¹¹The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

¹²他以能力攪動大海，以聰明擊傷拉哈伯。

¹²He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

¹³他以自己的氣使天晴朗，他的手刺穿逃跑的蛇。

¹³By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

¹⁴這些不過是他的作為的一點點，我們從他那裡所聽到的，是多麼的微小！他大能的雷聲誰能夠明白呢？”

¹⁴Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”