Job 26

1 Then Job answered,

約伯回答說：

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

無能的人蒙你何等的幫助！ 膀臂無力的人蒙你何等的拯救！

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

無智慧的人蒙你何等的指教！ 你向他多顯大知識！

4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

你向誰發出言語來？ 誰的靈從你而出？

5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

在大水和水族以下的陰魂戰兢。

6 Sheol (Sheol h7585) is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

在上帝面前，陰間顯露； 滅亡也不得遮掩。 (Sheol h7585)

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

上帝將北極鋪在空中， 將大地懸在虛空；

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

將水包在密雲中， 雲卻不破裂；

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

遮蔽他的寶座， 將雲鋪在其上；

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

在水面的周圍劃出界限， 直到光明黑暗的交界。

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

天的柱子因他的斥責震動驚奇。

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

他以能力攪動大海； 他藉知識打傷拉哈伯，

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

藉他的靈使天有妝飾； 他的手刺殺快蛇。

14 Behold, 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?”

看哪，這不過是上帝工作的些微； 我們所聽於他的是何等細微的聲音！ 他大能的雷聲誰能明透呢？