¹But Job answered and said,

¹約伯譏笑比勒達約伯回答說：

²How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

²“無能力的，你怎樣幫助他，膀臂無力的，你怎樣拯救他！

³How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

³無智慧的，你怎樣教導他，顯明你豐盛的智慧！

⁴To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

⁴你靠誰發言呢？誰的靈從你而出呢？

⁵Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

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。

⁶Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

⁶陰間在　神面前赤露敞開，滅亡之處也沒有遮蓋。

⁷He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

⁷他把北極鋪在空間，把地球掛在太空。

⁸He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

⁸他把水包在密雲中，水下面的雲卻不破裂。

⁹He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

⁹他遮蔽自己寶座的正面，把雲鋪在上面。

¹⁰He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

¹⁰在水面劃出界限，直到光與暗的交界。

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

¹¹天的柱子都因他的斥責震動驚奇；

¹²He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

¹²他以能力攪動大海，以聰明擊傷拉哈伯。

¹³By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

¹³他以自己的氣使天晴朗，他的手刺穿逃跑的蛇。

¹⁴Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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？”