Jobs 26
1 Då svara Job og sagde:
But Job answered and said,
2 Kvar helst hev du den veike hjelpt? Når studde du den trøytte arm?
To whom dost thou attach thyself, or whom art thou going to assist? is it not he that [has] much strength, and [he] who has a strong arm?
3 Kvar gav du uklok mann ei råd? Kor ovleg visdom hev du synt?
To whom hast thou given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom wilt thou follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?
4 Kven hev du bore melding til? Kva ånd hev tala gjenom deg?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from thee?
5 Skuggarne i angest skjelva, vatsdjup og dei som deri bur.
Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Nordheimen han i audni spana, og hengde jordi yver inkje.
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
8 Han vatnet inn i skyer bind; og skyi brest ei under det.
binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.
9 Kongsstolen sin han gøymer burt og breider skyer yver honom.
He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
10 Kring vatni han ei grensa set, der som ljos og myrker byta skal.
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
11 Stolparne under himmelen skjelv, og rædde vert dei for hans trugsmål.
The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
12 Han rører havet upp med velde, og med sit vit han krasar ubeist.
He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
13 Og himmelen klårnar ved hans ande; hans hand den snøgge ormen drap.
And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
14 Sjå her utkanten av hans veg; det berre kviskring er me høyrer. Kven skynar, når hans allmagt torar?
Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ [it]?
