Job 26
1 Da svarede Job og sagde:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Hvad har du hjulpet den, som ingen Kraft havde? frelste du den Arm, som ingen Styrke havde?
“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3 Hvorledes raadede du den, som ingen Visdom havde, og kundgjorde Indsigt til Overflod?
How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
4 For hvem har du kundgjort Tale, og hvis Aande talte ud af dig?
With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
5 Dødningerne bæve neden under Vandene og deres Beboere.
The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him. (Sheol h7585)
7 Han udbreder Norden over det øde, han hænger Jorden paa intet.
He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
8 Han binder Vandet sammen i sine Skyer, dog brister Skydækket ikke under dem.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
9 Han lukker for sin Trone, han udbreder sin Sky over den.
He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
10 Han har draget en Grænse oven over Vandene indtil der, hvor Lyset ender i Mørke.
He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
11 Himmelens Piller skælve og forfærdes for hans Trusel.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 Ved sin Kraft oprører han Havet, og med sin Forstand bryder han dets Hovmod.
He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 Ved hans Aande blive Himlene dejlige; hans Haand gennemborer den flygtende Slange.
By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Se, disse ere de yderste Grænser af hans Veje, og hvor svag er Lyden af det Ord, som vi have hørt deraf? Men hans Vældes Torden — hvo forstaar den!
See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
