¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

¹Nato odgovori Bildad Šuhec in reče:

²How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

²Doklej še boš tako govoril in doklej bodo besede tvoje kakor silovit veter?

³Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

³Ali Bog mogočni prevrača sodbo in Vsegamogočni prevrača li pravičnost?

⁴If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

⁴Ako so grešili sinovi tvoji zoper njega, jih je izročil kazni za njih pregreho.

⁵If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

⁵Ako boš zgodaj iskal Boga mogočnega in milosti prosil pri Vsegamogočnem,

⁶If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

⁶če si čist in pošten: res se prebudi on tebi v prid in blagostanje povrne hiši pravičnosti tvoje;

⁷Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

⁷in prejšnja sreča tvoja bode majhna proti poslednji, ki silno vzraste.

⁸For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

⁸Kajti vprašaj, prosim, prejšnji rod in premisli, kar so preiskali njih očetje

⁹(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

⁹(zakaj mi smo od včeraj in ničesar ne vemo, ker so naši dnevi le senca na zemlji):

¹⁰Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

¹⁰te li ne bodo poučili in ti povedali, ne prineso li besed iz srca svojega?

¹¹Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

¹¹Kjer ni močvirja, zraste li trstičje? in brez vode obrodi li bičje,

¹²Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

¹²ki prej nego druge rastline, še neporezano, usahne?

¹³So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

¹³Take so poti vsakemu, ki zabi Boga mogočnega, in kdor Ga zaničuje, njemu izgine upanje;

¹⁴Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

¹⁴česar se nadeja, se mu izjalovi, pajčevinast je vsak njegov up.

¹⁵He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

¹⁵Nasloni se na hišo svojo, pa ne bo stala, trdno se je oprime, pa se ne bo vzdržala.

¹⁶He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

¹⁶Čvrst in sočnat na solncu se greje in po vsem vrtu razteza veje,

¹⁷His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

¹⁷po kupu kamenja razvija svoje korenine, navzgor se oklepa hiše kamenene.

¹⁸If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

¹⁸Ko ga pa iztrebi Gospodar, kraj njegov ga zataji: Nisem te videl nikdar!

¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

¹⁹Glej, to je pota njegovega slast! In iz prahu za njim zrastejo drugi.

²⁰Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

²⁰Glej, Bog mogočni ne zavrže popolnega in ne bo podpiral roke hudobnežem.

²¹Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

²¹Kadar ti napolni usta s smehom in ustnice z radostnim ukanjem,bodo v sramoto oblečeni tvoji sovražilci, in šatora brezbožnikov ne bode več.

²²They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

²²bodo v sramoto oblečeni tvoji sovražilci, in šatora brezbožnikov ne bode več.