Job 26
1 Und Hiob antwortete und sprach:
Job replied [to Bildad], saying this [sarcastically]:
2 Wie hast du dem Ohnmächtigen geholfen, den kraftlosen Arm gerettet!
“I am a very weak and helpless man; and (you [certainly] have not helped me [SAR] very much!/[do you think that] you have helped me [SAR] very much?) [RHQ]
3 Wie hast du den beraten, der keine Weisheit hat, und gründliches Wissen in Fülle kundgetan!
(You certainly have counseled me well—I, who am not wise at all./[Do you think that] you have counseled me well—I, who am not wise at all?) [RHQ] ([I’m sure you think that] you have given a lot of very good advice to me. [RHQ]
4 An wen hast du Worte gerichtet, und wessen Odem ist von dir ausgegangen?
Who helped you to say all those [great/wise] things? Who inspired you to speak like you did?”
5 Die Schatten beben unter den Wassern und ihren Bewohnern.
“[Because] the spirits of dead people [are afraid], [they] tremble in the waters that are deep under the earth.
God knows all about [those who are in] the place of the dead; there is nothing down there that prevents God from seeing what is there. (Sheol h7585)
7 Er spannt den Norden aus über der Leere, hängt die Erde auf über dem Nichts.
God stretched out the earth over the huge empty space and caused the earth to have nothing [to support it].
8 Er bindet die Wasser in seine Wolken, und das Gewölk zerreißt nicht unter ihnen.
He fills the thick/dense clouds with water and prevents that water from bursting the clouds.
9 Er verhüllt den Anblick seines Thrones, indem er sein Gewölk darüber ausbreitet.
He causes clouds to (obscure/prevent us from seeing) the moon.
10 Er rundete eine Schranke ab über der Fläche der Wasser bis zum äußersten Ende, wo Licht und Finsternis zusammentreffen.
He separated the light from the darkness and put the horizon to mark the place where the night ends and the daytime begins.
11 Die Säulen des Himmels wanken und entsetzen sich vor seinem Schelten.
When [he is angry, it is as though] he rebukes the pillars that hold up the sky. They are (shocked/very fearful), and they tremble.
12 Durch seine Kraft erregt er das Meer, und durch seine Einsicht zerschellt er Rahab.
With his power he calmed the sea; with his skill/wisdom he destroyed Rahab, the huge sea monster.
13 Durch seinen Hauch wird der Himmel heiter, seine Hand durchbohrt den flüchtigen Drachen.
With his breath he caused the sky to be bright/clear; with his hand he killed the great dragon in the sea.
14 Siehe, das sind die Säume seiner Wege; und wie wenig haben wir von ihm gehört! Und den Donner seiner Macht, wer versteht ihn?
But those events show only a small amount of his power; [it is as though] we are hearing only whispers of his powerful voice. When we hear thunder, [we say, ] ‘(Who can really understand [how great] his power [is]/No one can [really] understand [how great] his power [is]!) [RHQ]’”
