1 Da svarte Job og sa,

Then Job made answer and said,

2 Hvordan har du hjulpet den maktesløse! Hvordan har du vært til frelse for 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 Hvordan har du gitt lærdom til den uten visdom, og klart forklart sann kunnskap!

How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

4 Til hvem har dine ord blitt sagt? Og hvilket ånd kom fra deg?

To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?

5 Skyggene i underverdenen skjelver; vannene og de som bor i dem.

The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.

6 Underverdenen er avdekket for ham, og ødeleggelsen har ingen slør.

The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.

7 Ved hans hånd strekkes Norden ut i rommet, og jorden henger på intet.

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

8 Ved ham er vannene lukket inne i hans tette skyer, og skyen gir ikke etter under dem.

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

9 Ved ham er hans tronhimmels ansikt tilslørt, og hans sky er bredt ut over den.

By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

10 Ved ham er en sirkel trukket på vannets flate, til lysets og mørkets grense.

By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

11 Himmelens pilarer skjelver og blir overvunnet av hans skarpe ord.

The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

12 Ved hans kraft ble havet gjort stille; og ved hans visdom ble Rahab såret.

By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.

13 Ved hans vind blir himlene klare: ved hans hånd ble den raske slangen kuttet gjennom.

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 veier; og hvor liten er den delen som kommer til våre ører om ham! Men torden fra hans makt er utenfor all kunnskap.

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.