¹约伯在　神面前谦卑自己

¹And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —

²“挑剔是非的，怎能与全能者争辩呢？责备　神的，回答这个问题吧。”

²Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

³于是约伯回答耶和华说：

³And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —

⁴“我是微小的，可以回答你什么呢？我只好用手掩口。

⁴Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

⁵这说了一次，不再回答；说了二次就不再说。”

⁵Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

⁶耶和华再教训约伯于是耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：

⁶And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

⁷“你要如勇士束腰，我要问你，你要告诉我。

⁷Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

⁸你怎能废弃我所审断的？怎能定我为有罪，好显出你自己为义呢？

⁸Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

⁹你有　神那样的膀臂吗？你能用他那样的声音打雷吗？

⁹And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

¹⁰你当以庄严与尊贵为装饰，以尊荣与威严为衣服。

¹⁰Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

¹¹要倒尽你忿激的怒气，观看所有骄傲的人，使他们降卑。

¹¹Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

¹²观看所有骄傲的人，把他制伏，把恶人践踏在他们的地方，

¹²See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

¹³把他们一起掩藏在尘土里，把他们本人捆绑在隐密处。

¹³Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

¹⁴这样，我就要向你承认，你的右手能拯救你。

¹⁴And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

¹⁵　神创造河马你看看河马吧，我造它像造你一样，它吃草如牛一般。

¹⁵Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

¹⁶你看，它的力量在腰间，它的能力在肚腹的肌肉上，

¹⁶Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷它挺直尾巴硬如香柏树，它大腿的筋纠结在一起，

¹⁷He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

¹⁸它的骨头仿佛铜管，它的骨干好像铁棍。

¹⁸His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

¹⁹它在　神所造的事工中居首，只有创造它的能使刀剑临到它身上。

¹⁹He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

²⁰群山为它生出食物，田野的百兽都在那里玩耍。

²⁰For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

²¹它躺在莲叶之下，躺在芦苇丛中与泥泽之间；

²¹Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

²²莲叶的阴影遮蔽它，溪旁的白杨树环绕它。

²²Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

²³江河泛滥，它毫不慌张，约旦河的水涨到它的口边，它还是安然。

²³Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

²⁴它警觉的时候谁能捉拿它？谁能用铁圈穿它的鼻子呢？”

²⁴Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?