¹Job progovori i reče:

¹And Job answered and said,

²"Uistinu, vi ste cvijet naroda, sa vama će izumrijeti mudrost.

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

³Al' i ja znam k'o i vi misliti, ni u čemu od vas gori nisam: tko za stvari takve ne bi znao?

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

⁴Prijateljima sam svojim ja na podsmijeh što zazivam Boga da mi odgovori! Na podsmijeh ja sam - pravednik neporočan!

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].

⁵Prezirat' je nesretnika - sretni misle, udariti treba onog što posrće!

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

⁶Dotle su na miru šatori pljačkaša, izazivači Boga žive bezbrižno kao da Boga u šaci svojoj drže!

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

⁷Ali pitaj zvijeri, i poučit će te; ptice nebeske pitaj, i razjasnit će ti.

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

⁸Gušteri zemlje to će ti protumačit', ribe u moru ispripovjedit će ti.

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

⁹Od stvorenja sviju, koje ne bi znalo da je sve to Božja ruka učinila?!

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

¹⁰U ruci mu leži život svakog bića i dah životvorni svakog ljudskog tijela.

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

¹¹Zar uhom mi ne sudimo besjedu k'o što kušamo nepcem okus jela?

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

¹²Sjedine mudrost donose čovjeku, a s vijekom dugim umnost mu dolazi.

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

¹³Ali u Njemu mudrost je i snaga, u Njemu savjet je i sva razumnost.

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

¹⁴Što razgradi, sagradit neće nitko, kog zatvori, nitko ne oslobađa.

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

¹⁵Ustavi li vodu, suša nastaje; pusti li je, svu zemlju ispremetne.

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

¹⁶Jer u njemu je snaga i sva mudrost, njegov je prevareni i varalica.

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

¹⁷On savjetnike lišava razbora, suce pametne udara bezumljem.

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

¹⁸On otpasuje pojas kraljevima i užetom im vezuje bokove.

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

¹⁹On bosonoge tjera svećenike i mogućnike sa vlasti obara.

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

²⁰On diže riječ iz usta rječitima i starcima pravo rasuđivanje.

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

²¹On sasiplje prezir po plemićima i junacima bedra raspasuje.

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

²²On dubinama razotkriva tmine i sjenu smrtnu na svjetlo izvodi.

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

²³On diže narod pa ga uništava, umnoži ga a potom iskorijeni.

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

²⁴On zaluđuje vladare naroda te po bespuću lutaju pustinjskom

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

²⁵i pipaju u tmini bez svjetlosti glavinjajući poput pijanaca.

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