Jobs 26
1 Da tok Job til orde og sa:
But Job answered and said,
2 Hvor du har hjulpet den avmektige, støttet den kraftløse arm!
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?
3 Hvor du har gitt den uvise råd, og hvilket overmål av visdom du har lagt for dagen!
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?
4 Hvem har du fremført dine ord for, og hvis ånd har talt gjennem dig?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?
5 Dødsrikets skygger skjelver, vannenes dyp og de som bor i dem.
Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Han breder Norden ut over det øde rum, han henger jorden på intet.
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
8 Han binder vannene sammen i sine skyer, og skyene brister ikke under dem.
binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.
9 Han lukker for sin trone, breder sine skyer over den.
He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
10 En grense har han dradd i en ring over vannene, der hvor lyset grenser til mørket.
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
11 Himmelens støtter skjelver, og de forferdes for hans trusel.
The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
12 Ved sin kraft oprører han havet, og ved sin forstand knuser han Rahab.
He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
13 Ved hans ånde blir himmelen klar; hans hånd gjennemborer den lettfarende drage.
And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
14 Se, dette er bare utkantene av hans verk; hvor svak er lyden av det ord vi hører! Men hans veldes torden - hvem forstår den?
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]?
