Job 26
1 Job prit la parole et dit:
But Job answered and said,
2 Comme tu sais bien venir en aide à la faiblesse! Comme tu prêtes secours au bras sans force!
How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 Quels bons conseils tu donnes à celui qui manque d’intelligence! Quelle abondance de sagesse tu fais paraître!
How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 A qui s’adressent tes paroles? Et qui est-ce qui t’inspire?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 Devant Dieu les ombres tremblent Au-dessous des eaux et de leurs habitants;
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 Il étend le septentrion sur le vide, Il suspend la terre sur le néant.
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Il renferme les eaux dans ses nuages, Et les nuages n’éclatent pas sous leur poids.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 Il couvre la face de son trône, Il répand sur lui sa nuée.
He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 Il a tracé un cercle à la surface des eaux, Comme limite entre la lumière et les ténèbres.
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 Les colonnes du ciel s’ébranlent, Et s’étonnent à sa menace.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 Par sa force il soulève la mer, Par son intelligence il en brise l’orgueil.
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
13 Son souffle donne au ciel la sérénité, Sa main transperce le serpent fuyard.
By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent.
14 Ce sont là les bords de ses voies, C’est le bruit léger qui nous en parvient; Mais qui entendra le tonnerre de sa puissance?
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?
