¹Then Job answered,

¹Så tog Job til Orde og svarede:

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

²"Hvor har du dog hjulpet ham, den afmægtige, støttet den kraftløse Arm!

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

³Hvor har du dog rådet ham, den uvise, kundgjort en Fylde af Visdom!

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

⁴Hvem hjalp dig med at få Ordene frem, hvis Ånd mon der talte af dig?

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

⁵Skyggerne skælver af Angst, de, som bor under Vandene;

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

⁶blottet er Dødsriget for ham, Afgrunden uden Dække.

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

⁷Han udspænder Norden over det tomme, ophænger Jorden på intet;

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

⁸Vandet binder han i sine Skyer, og Skylaget brister ikke derunder;

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

⁹han fæstner sin Trones Hjørner og breder sit Skylag derover;

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

¹⁰han drog en Kreds over Vandene, der, hvor Lys og Mørke skilles.

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

¹¹Himlens Støtter vakler, de gribes af Angst ved hans Trusel;

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

¹²med Vælde bragte han Havet til Ro og knuste Rahab med Kløgt;

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

¹³ved hans Ånde klarede Himlen op hans Hånd gennembored den flygtende Slange.

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?”

¹⁴Se, det er kun Omridset af hans Vej, hvad hører vi andet end Hvisken? Hans Vældes Torden, hvo fatter vel den?