Jobs 26
1 Då svara Job og sagde:
But Job answered and said,
2 Kvar helst hev du den veike hjelpt? Når studde du den trøytte arm?
How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 Kvar gav du uklok mann ei råd? Kor ovleg visdom hev du synt?
How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 Kven hev du bore melding til? Kva ånd hev tala gjenom deg?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 Skuggarne i angest skjelva, vatsdjup og dei som deri bur.
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Nordheimen han i audni spana, og hengde jordi yver inkje.
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Han vatnet inn i skyer bind; og skyi brest ei under det.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 Kongsstolen sin han gøymer burt og breider skyer yver honom.
He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 Kring vatni han ei grensa set, der som ljos og myrker byta skal.
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 Stolparne under himmelen skjelv, og rædde vert dei for hans trugsmål.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 Han rører havet upp med velde, og med sit vit han krasar ubeist.
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
13 Og himmelen klårnar ved hans ande; hans hand den snøgge ormen drap.
By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent.
14 Sjå her utkanten av hans veg; det berre kviskring er me høyrer. Kven skynar, når hans allmagt torar?
See, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
