Job 26
1 Then Job made answer and said,
Så tog Job til Orde og svarede:
2 How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
"Hvor har du dog hjulpet ham, den afmægtige, støttet den kraftløse Arm!
3 How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
Hvor har du dog rådet ham, den uvise, kundgjort en Fylde af Visdom!
4 To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
Hvem hjalp dig med at få Ordene frem, hvis Ånd mon der talte af dig?
5 The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
Skyggerne skælver af Angst, de, som bor under Vandene;
blottet er Dødsriget for ham, Afgrunden uden Dække. (Sheol h7585)
7 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
Han udspænder Norden over det tomme, ophænger Jorden på intet;
8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
Vandet binder han i sine Skyer, og Skylaget brister ikke derunder;
9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
han fæstner sin Trones Hjørner og breder sit Skylag derover;
10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
han drog en Kreds over Vandene, der, hvor Lys og Mørke skilles.
11 The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
Himlens Støtter vakler, de gribes af Angst ved hans Trusel;
12 By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
med Vælde bragte han Havet til Ro og knuste Rahab med Kløgt;
13 By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
ved hans Ånde klarede Himlen op hans Hånd gennembored den flygtende Slange.
14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Se, det er kun Omridset af hans Vej, hvad hører vi andet end Hvisken? Hans Vældes Torden, hvo fatter vel den?
