Job 21
1 Så tog Job til Orde og svarede:
and to answer Job and to say
2 "Hør dog, hør mine Ord, lad det være Trøsten, I giver!
to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and to be this consolation your
3 Find jer nu i, at jeg taler, siden kan I jo håne!
to lift: bear me and I to speak: speak and after to speak: speak I to mock
4 Gælder min Klage Mennesker? Hvi skulde jeg ej være utålmodig?
I to/for man complaint my and if: surely no why? not be short spirit: temper my
5 Vend jer til mig og stivn af Rædsel, læg Hånd på Mund!
to turn to(wards) me and be desolate: appalled and to set: put hand upon lip
6 Jeg gruer, når jeg tænker derpå, mit Legeme gribes af Skælven:
and if to remember and to dismay and to grasp flesh my shuddering
7 De gudløse, hvorfor lever de, bliver gamle, ja vokser i Kraft?
why? wicked to live to proceed also to prevail strength
8 Deres Æt har de blivende hos sig, deres Afkom for deres Øjne;
seed: children their to establish: establish to/for face their with them and offspring their to/for eye their
9 deres Huse er sikre mod Rædsler, Guds Svøbe rammer dem ikke;
house: household their peace: well-being from dread and not tribe: staff god upon them
10 ej springer deres Tyr forgæves, Koen kælver, den kaster ikke;
cattle his to pass and not to abhor to escape heifer his and not be bereaved
11 de slipper deres Drenge ud som Får, deres Børneflok boltrer sig ret;
to send: depart like/as flock boy their and youth their to skip about [emph?]
12 de synger til Pauke og Citer, er glade til Fløjtens Toner;
to lift: bear like/as tambourine and lyre and to rejoice to/for voice: sound pipe
(to end: finish *Q(K)*) in/on/with good day their and in/on/with moment hell: Sheol to descend (Sheol h7585)
14 skønt de siger til Gud: "Gå fra os, at kende dine Veje er ikke vor Lyst!
and to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and knowledge way: conduct your not to delight in
15 Den Almægtige? Hvad han? Skal vi tjene ham? Hvad Gavn at banke på hos ham?"
what? Almighty for to serve: minister him and what? to gain for to fall on in/on/with him
16 Er ej deres Lykke i deres Hånd og gudløses Råd ham fjernt?
look! not in/on/with hand their goodness their counsel wicked to remove from me
17 Når går de gudløses Lampe ud og når kommer Ulykken over dem? Når deler han Loddet ud i sin Vrede,
like/as what? lamp wicked to put out and to come (in): come upon them calamity their pain to divide in/on/with face: anger his
18 så de bliver som Strå for Vinden, som Avner, Storm fører bort?
to be like/as straw to/for face: before spirit: breath and like/as chaff to steal him whirlwind
19 Gemmer Gud hans Ulykkeslod til hans Børn? Ham selv gengælde han, så han mærker det,
god to treasure to/for son: child his evil: wickedness his to complete to(wards) him and to know
20 lad ham selv få sit Vanheld at se, den Almægtiges Vrede at drikke!
to see: see (eye his *Q(K)*) ruin his and from rage Almighty to drink
21 Thi hvad bryder han sig siden om sit Hus, når hans Måneders Tal er udrundet?
for what? pleasure his in/on/with house: household his after him and number month his to divide
22 Kan man vel tage Gud i Skole, ham, som dømmer de højeste Væsner?
to/for God to learn: teach knowledge and he/she/it to exalt to judge
23 En dør jo på Lykkens Tinde, helt tryg og så helt uden Sorger:
this to die in/on/with bone integrity his all his at ease and at ease
24 hans Spande er fulde af Mælk, hans Knogler af saftig Marv;
belly his to fill milk and marrow bone his to water: watering
25 med bitter Sjæl dør en anden og har aldrig nydt nogen Lykke;
and this to die in/on/with soul bitter and not to eat in/on/with welfare
26 de lægger sig begge i Jorden, og begge dækkes af Orme!
unitedness upon dust to lie down: lay down and worm to cover upon them
27 Se, jeg kender så vel eders Tanker og de Rænker, I spinder imod mig,
look! to know plot your and plot upon me to injure
28 når I siger: "Hvor er Stormandens Hus og det Telt, hvor de gudløse bor?"
for to say where? house: home noble and where? tent tabernacle wicked
29 Har I aldrig spurgt de berejste og godkendt deres Beviser:
not to ask to pass way: road and sign: indicator their not to recognize
30 Den onde skånes på Ulykkens Dag og frelses på Vredens Dag.
for to/for day calamity to withhold bad: evil to/for day fury to conduct
31 Hvem foreholder ham vel hans Færd, gengælder ham, hvad han gør?
who? to tell upon face his way: conduct his and he/she/it to make: do who? to complete to/for him
32 Til Graven bæres han hen, ved hans Gravhøj holdes der Vagt;
and he/she/it to/for grave to conduct and upon tomb to watch
33 i Dalbunden hviler han sødt, Alverden følger så efter, en Flok uden Tal gik forud for ham.
be sweet to/for him clod torrent: valley and after him all man to draw and to/for face: before his nothing number
34 Hvor tom er den Trøst, som I giver! Eders Svar - kun Svig er tilbage!
and how? to be sorry: comfort me vanity and turn your to remain unfaithfulness
