Job 26

1 But Job answered and said,

Toda Job je odgovoril in rekel:

2 To whom do you attach yourself, or whom are you going to assist? is it not he that [has] much strength, and [he] who has a strong arm?

»Kako si pomagal tistemu, ki je brez moči? Kako rešuješ laket, ki nima moči?

3 To whom have you given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom will you follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?

Kako si svetoval tistemu, ki nima modrosti? Kako si obilno oznanil stvar, kakor je ta?

4 To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?

Komu si izrekal besede? Čigav duh je prišel od tebe?

5 Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?

Mrtve stvari so oblikovane pod vodami in njihovi prebivalci.

6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)

Pekel je nag pred njim in uničenje nima pokrivala. (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;

Sever izteguje nad praznim krajem in zemljo obeša na nič.

8 binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.

Vode povezuje v svoje debele oblake in pod njimi se oblak ne pretrga.

9 He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.

Zadržuje obličje svojega prestola in svoj oblak razprostira nad njim.

10 He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.

Vode je obdal z vezmi, dokler dan in noč ne prideta do konca.

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

Stebri nebes trepetajo in so osupli ob njegovem opominu.

12 He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.

On s svojo močjo razdeljuje morje in s svojim razumevanjem udarja po ponosnih.

13 And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.

S svojim duhom je okrasil nebo; njegova roka je oblikovala sprijeno kačo.

14 Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will listen to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ [it]?

Glej! To so delčki njegovih poti. Toda kako majhen delček je slišati o njem? Toda kdo lahko razume grom njegove moči?«