Jobs niende tale: Et svar til Bildad
1Job svarede på følgende måde:
2„Hvor har du været til megen hjælp,
trøstet og støttet mig arme stakkel!
3Du har virkelig åbenbaret din store visdom
og forklaret det hele for den tåbe, jeg er!
4Hvordan har du fået din vældige visdom?
Hvorfra kommer alle de kloge ord?
5De dødes ånder skælver af frygt
i deres opholdssted under havet.
6Dødsriget ligger åbent for Gud,
intet dernede er skjult for ham.
7Gud udspændte himmelbuen over horisonten,
hængte jordkloden op i det tomme rum.
8Vandet binder han i de mørke skyer,
de bryder ikke sammen under vægten.
9Han skjuler fuldmånen bag sine skyer,
breder et slør ud over den.
10Han markerer horisonten, hvor havet ender,
og stedet, hvor dagen bryder frem af natten.
11Himlens søjler ryster og bæver,
de vakler, når han viser sin vrede.
12Med sin magt bragte han havet til ro,
da han i sin visdom knuste Rahab.26,12 Rahab er måske et søuhyre eller en uddød dyreart. Den repræsenterer kaos og ulykke.
13Ved et pust fra ham klarede himlen op,
han gennemborede den flygtende slange.
14Det er kun små eksempler på hans styrke,
et svagt ekko af hans almagt,
for hvem kan fatte hans fulde styrke?”
1But Job answered and said, 2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.26.5 and the…: or, with the inhabitants 6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.26.10 until…: Heb. until the end of light with darkness 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. 12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.26.12 the proud: Heb. pride 13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
