¹فاجاب ايوب وقال

¹And Job answered and said,

²صحيح انكم انتم شعب ومعكم تموت الحكمة.

²Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!

³غير انه لي فهم مثلكم. لست انا دونكم. ومن ليس عنده مثل هذه.

³I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?

⁴رجلا سخرة لصاحبه صرت. دعا الله فاستجابه. سخرة هو الصديق الكامل.

⁴I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].

⁵للمبتلي هوان في افكار المطمئن مهيّا لمن زلت قدمه.

⁵He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

⁶خيام المخربين مستريحة والذين يغيظون الله مطمئنون الذين ياتون بالههم في يدهم

⁶The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke ùGod are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth.

⁷فاسأل البهائم فتعلمك وطيور السماء فتخبرك.

⁷But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

⁸او كلم الارض فتعلمك ويحدثك سمك البحر.

⁸Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

⁹من لا يعلم من كل هؤلاء ان يد الرب صنعت هذا.

⁹Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?

¹⁰الذي بيده نفس كل حيّ وروح كل البشر.

¹⁰In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

¹¹أفليست الاذن تمتحن الاقوال كما ان الحنك يستطعم طعامه.

¹¹Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?

¹²عند الشيب حكمة وطول الايام فهم

¹²With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

¹³عنده الحكمة والقدرة. له المشورة والفطنة

¹³With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.

¹⁴هوذا يهدم فلا يبنى. يغلق على انسان فلا يفتح.

¹⁴Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.

¹⁵يمنع المياه فتيبس . ‎ يطلقها فتقلب الارض.

¹⁵Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

¹⁶عنده العزّ والفهم . ‎ له المضل والمضل.

¹⁶With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

¹⁷يذهب بالمشيرين اسرى ويحمق القضاة.

¹⁷He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;

¹⁸يحل مناطق الملوك ويشد احقاءهم بوثاق.

¹⁸He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;

¹⁹يذهب بالكهنة اسرى ويقلب الاقوياء.

¹⁹He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;

²⁰يقطع كلام الامناء وينزع ذوق الشيوخ.

²⁰He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;

²¹يلقي هوانا على الشرفاء ويرخي منطقة الاشداء.

²¹He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;

²²يكشف العمائق من الظلام ويخرج ظل الموت الى النور.

²²He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;

²³يكثر الامم ثم يبيدها. يوسع للامم ثم يجليها.

²³He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;

²⁴ينزع عقول رؤساء شعب الارض ويضلهم في تيه بلا طريق.

²⁴He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.

²⁵يتلمسون في الظلام وليس نور ويرنحهم مثل السكران

²⁵They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.