¹Then Job answered,

¹Så tog Job til Orde og svarede:

²“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

²"Hvor længe vil I krænke min Sjæl og slå mig sønder med Ord?

³You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

³I håner mig nu for tiende Gang, mishandler mig uden Skam.

⁴If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

⁴Har jeg da virkelig fejlet, hænger der Fejl ved mig?

⁵If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;

⁵Eller gør I jer store imod mig og revser mig ved at smæde?

⁶know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

⁶Så vid da, at Gud har bøjet min Ret, omspændt mig med sit Net.

⁷“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

⁷Se, jeg skriger: Vold! men får ikke Svar, råber om Hjælp, der er ingen Ret.

⁸He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

⁸Han spærred min Vej, jeg kom ikke frem, han hylled mine Stier i Mørke;

⁹He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

⁹han klædte mig af for min Ære, berøved mit Hoved Kronen,

¹⁰He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.

¹⁰brød mig ned overalt, så jeg må bort, oprykked mit Håb som Træet;

¹¹He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

¹¹hans Vrede blussede mod mig, han regner mig for sin Fjende;

¹²His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.

¹²samlede rykker hans Flokke frem og bryder sig Vej imod mig, de lejrer sig om mit Telt.

¹³“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

¹³Mine Brødre har fjernet sig fra mig, Venner er fremmede for mig,

¹⁴My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

¹⁴mine nærmeste og Hendinge holder sig fra mig, de, der er i mit Hus, har glemt mig;

¹⁵Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

¹⁵mine Piger regner mig for en fremmed, vildfremmed er jeg i deres Øjne;

¹⁶I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

¹⁶ej svarer min Træl, når jeg kalder, jeg må trygle ham med min Mund;

¹⁷My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

¹⁷ved min Ånde væmmes min Hustru, mine egne Brødre er jeg en Stank;

¹⁸Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

¹⁸selv Drenge agter mig ringe, når jeg reljser mig, taler de mod mig;

¹⁹All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

¹⁹Standsfælleræmmes til Hobe ved mig, de, jeg elskede, vender sig mod mig.

²⁰My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

²⁰Benene hænger fast ved min Hud, med Kødet i Tænderne slap jeg bort.

²¹“Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

²¹Nåde, mine Venner, Nåde, thi Guds Hånd har rørt mig!

²²Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

²²Hvi forfølger og I mig som Gud og mættes ej af mit Kød?

²³“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

²³Ak, gid mine Ord blev skrevet op, blev tegnet op i en Bog,

²⁴That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

²⁴med Griffel af Jern, med Bly indristet i Hlippen for evigt!

²⁵But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

²⁵Men jeg ved, at min Løser lever, over Støvet vil en Forsvarer stå frem.

²⁶After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,

²⁶Når min sønderslidte Hud er borte, skal jeg ud fra mit Kød skue Gud,

²⁷Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.

²⁷hvem jeg skal se på min Side; ham skal mine Øjne se, ingen fremmed! Mine Nyrer forgår i mit Indre!

²⁸If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,

²⁸Når I siger: "Hor vi skal forfølge ham, Sagens Rod vil vi udfinde hos ham!"

²⁹be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”

²⁹så tag jer i Vare for Sværdet; thi Vrede rammer de lovløse, at I skal kende, der kommer en Dom!