Jobs 26
1 Da tok Job til orde og sa:
Then answered Job, and said,
2 Hvor du har hjulpet den avmektige, støttet den kraftløse arm!
What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
3 Hvor du har gitt den uvise råd, og hvilket overmål av visdom du har lagt for dagen!
How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
4 Hvem har du fremført dine ord for, og hvis ånd har talt gjennem dig?
To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Dødsrikets skygger skjelver, vannenes dyp og de som bor i dem.
The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
7 Han breder Norden ut over det øde rum, han henger jorden på intet.
He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
8 Han binder vannene sammen i sine skyer, og skyene brister ikke under dem.
He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
9 Han lukker for sin trone, breder sine skyer over den.
He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
10 En grense har han dradd i en ring over vannene, der hvor lyset grenser til mørket.
A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
11 Himmelens støtter skjelver, og de forferdes for hans trusel.
The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 Ved sin kraft oprører han havet, og ved sin forstand knuser han Rahab.
By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
13 Ved hans ånde blir himmelen klar; hans hånd gjennemborer den lettfarende drage.
By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
14 Se, dette er bare utkantene av hans verk; hvor svak er lyden av det ord vi hører! Men hans veldes torden - hvem forstår den?
Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
