Jobs 26
1 Da tok Job til orde og sa:
Then Job made answer and said,
2 Hvor du har hjulpet den avmektige, støttet den kraftløse arm!
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
3 Hvor du har gitt den uvise råd, og hvilket overmål av visdom du har lagt for dagen!
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
4 Hvem har du fremført dine ord for, og hvis ånd har talt gjennem dig?
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
5 Dødsrikets skygger skjelver, vannenes dyp og de som bor i dem.
The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. (Sheol h7585)
7 Han breder Norden ut over det øde rum, han henger jorden på intet.
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
8 Han binder vannene sammen i sine skyer, og skyene brister ikke under dem.
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
9 Han lukker for sin trone, breder sine skyer over den.
By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
10 En grense har han dradd i en ring over vannene, der hvor lyset grenser til mørket.
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
11 Himmelens støtter skjelver, og de forferdes for hans trusel.
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
12 Ved sin kraft oprører han havet, og ved sin forstand knuser han Rahab.
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
13 Ved hans ånde blir himmelen klar; hans hånd gjennemborer den lettfarende drage.
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
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 only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
