¹Then Job answered,

¹فاجاب ايوب وقال

²“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

²صحيح انكم انتم شعب ومعكم تموت الحكمة.

³But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

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

⁴I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

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

⁵In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

⁵للمبتلي هوان في افكار المطمئن مهيّا لمن زلت قدمه.

⁶The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.

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

⁷“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

⁷فاسأل البهائم فتعلمك وطيور السماء فتخبرك.

⁸Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.

⁸او كلم الارض فتعلمك ويحدثك سمك البحر.

⁹Who doesn’t know that in all these, the hand of Yahweh has done this,

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

¹⁰in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

¹⁰الذي بيده نفس كل حيّ وروح كل البشر.

¹¹Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

¹¹أفليست الاذن تمتحن الاقوال كما ان الحنك يستطعم طعامه.

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

¹²عند الشيب حكمة وطول الايام فهم

¹³“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

¹³عنده الحكمة والقدرة. له المشورة والفطنة

¹⁴Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

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

¹⁵Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

¹⁵يمنع المياه فتيبس . ‎ يطلقها فتقلب الارض.

¹⁶With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

¹⁶عنده العزّ والفهم . ‎ له المضل والمضل.

¹⁷He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

¹⁷يذهب بالمشيرين اسرى ويحمق القضاة.

¹⁸He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.

¹⁸يحل مناطق الملوك ويشد احقاءهم بوثاق.

¹⁹He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.

¹⁹يذهب بالكهنة اسرى ويقلب الاقوياء.

²⁰He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

²⁰يقطع كلام الامناء وينزع ذوق الشيوخ.

²¹He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.

²¹يلقي هوانا على الشرفاء ويرخي منطقة الاشداء.

²²He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

²²يكشف العمائق من الظلام ويخرج ظل الموت الى النور.

²³He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

²³يكثر الامم ثم يبيدها. يوسع للامم ثم يجليها.

²⁴He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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

²⁵They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

²⁵يتلمسون في الظلام وليس نور ويرنحهم مثل السكران