¹Job progovori i reče:

¹And Job answered and said,

²"Kako dobro znadeš pomoći nemoćnom i mišicu iznemoglu poduprijeti!

²How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!

³Kako dobar savjet daješ neukome; baš si preveliku mudrost pokazao.

³How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

⁴Kome li si ove uputio riječi i koji duh je iz tebe govorio?"

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

⁵Pred Bogom mrtvi pod zemljom dolje strepe, vode morske dršću i nemani njine.

⁵The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;

⁶Pred njegovim okom otkriven zja Šeol i bezdan smrti nema vela na sebi.

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

⁷On povrh praznine Sjever razapinje, on drži zemlju o ništa obješenu.

⁷He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;

⁸On zatvara vodu u svoje oblake, a oblaci se pod njome ne prodiru.

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

⁹On zastire puno lice mjesečevo razastirući svoj oblak preko njega.

⁹He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.

¹⁰On je na vodi označio kružnicu gdje prestaje svjetlost i tmine počinju.

¹⁰He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

¹¹Svodu se nebeskom potresu stupovi i premru od straha kada on zaprijeti.

¹¹The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

¹²Svojom je snagom on ukrotio more i neman Rahaba smrvio mudrošću.

¹²He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

¹³Nebesa je svojim razbistrio dahom, a ruka mu je brzu zmiju probola.

¹³By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

¹⁴Sve to samo djelić je djela njegovih, od kojih tek slabu jeku mi čujemo. Ali tko će shvatit' grom njegove moći?"

¹⁴Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?