Jobs 26
1 Da tok Job til orde og sa:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Hvor du har hjulpet den avmektige, støttet den kraftløse arm!
“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3 Hvor du har gitt den uvise råd, og hvilket overmål av visdom du har lagt for dagen!
How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
4 Hvem har du fremført dine ord for, og hvis ånd har talt gjennem dig?
With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
5 Dødsrikets skygger skjelver, vannenes dyp og de som bor i dem.
The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him. (Sheol h7585)
7 Han breder Norden ut over det øde rum, han henger jorden på intet.
He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
8 Han binder vannene sammen i sine skyer, og skyene brister ikke under dem.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
9 Han lukker for sin trone, breder sine skyer over den.
He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
10 En grense har han dradd i en ring over vannene, der hvor lyset grenser til mørket.
He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
11 Himmelens støtter skjelver, og de forferdes for hans trusel.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 Ved sin kraft oprører han havet, og ved sin forstand knuser han Rahab.
He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 Ved hans ånde blir himmelen klar; hans hånd gjennemborer den lettfarende drage.
By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing 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?
See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
