¹Da tok Job til orde og sa:

¹Then Job answered,

²Hvor du har hjulpet den avmektige, støttet den kraftløse arm!

²“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

³Hvor du har gitt den uvise råd, og hvilket overmål av visdom du har lagt for dagen!

³How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

⁴Hvem har du fremført dine ord for, og hvis ånd har talt gjennem dig?

⁴To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

⁵Dødsrikets skygger skjelver, vannenes dyp og de som bor i dem.

⁵“Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

⁶Dødsriket ligger åpent for ham og avgrunnen uten dekke.

⁶ Sheol Sheol is the lower world or the grave. is naked before God, and Abaddon Abaddon means Destroyer. has no covering.

⁷Han breder Norden ut over det øde rum, han henger jorden på intet.

⁷He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

⁸Han binder vannene sammen i sine skyer, og skyene brister ikke under dem.

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

⁹Han lukker for sin trone, breder sine skyer over den.

⁹He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

¹⁰En grense har han dradd i en ring over vannene, der hvor lyset grenser til mørket.

¹⁰He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

¹¹Himmelens støtter skjelver, og de forferdes for hans trusel.

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

¹²Ved sin kraft oprører han havet, og ved sin forstand knuser han Rahab.

¹²He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

¹³Ved hans ånde blir himmelen klar; hans hånd gjennemborer den lettfarende drage.

¹³By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

¹⁴Se, dette er bare utkantene av hans verk; hvor svak er lyden av det ord vi hører! Men hans veldes torden - hvem forstår den?

¹⁴Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”