Job 26

1 But Job answered and said,

Toda Job je odgovoril in rekel:

2 How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?

»Kako si pomagal tistemu, ki je brez moči? Kako rešuješ laket, ki nima moči?

3 How hast thou counseled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?

Kako si svetoval tistemu, ki nima modrosti? Kako si obilno oznanil stvar, kakor je ta?

4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

Komu si izrekal besede? Čigav duh je prišel od tebe?

5 Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

Mrtve stvari so oblikovane pod vodami in njihovi prebivalci.

6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. (Sheol h7585)

Pekel je nag pred njim in uničenje nima pokrivala. (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Sever izteguje nad praznim krajem in zemljo obeša na nič.

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Vode povezuje v svoje debele oblake in pod njimi se oblak ne pretrga.

9 He holdeth back the face of [his] throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

Zadržuje obličje svojega prestola in svoj oblak razprostira nad njim.

10 He hath encompassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Vode je obdal z vezmi, dokler dan in noč ne prideta do konca.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

Stebri nebes trepetajo in so osupli ob njegovem opominu.

12 He divideth the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

On s svojo močjo razdeljuje morje in s svojim razumevanjem udarja po ponosnih.

13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

S svojim duhom je okrasil nebo; njegova roka je oblikovala sprijeno kačo.

14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Glej! To so delčki njegovih poti. Toda kako majhen delček je slišati o njem? Toda kdo lahko razume grom njegove moči?«