Job 26
The Message
Job’s Defense
God Sets a Boundary Between Light and Darkness
26 1-4 Job answered:
“Well, you’ve certainly been a great help to a helpless man!
You came to the rescue just in the nick of time!
What wonderful advice you’ve given to a mixed-up man!
What amazing insights you’ve provided!
Where in the world did you learn all this?
How did you become so inspired?
5-14 “All the buried dead are in torment,
and all who’ve been drowned in the deep, deep sea.
Hell is ripped open before God,
graveyards dug up and exposed.
He spreads the skies over unformed space,
hangs the earth out in empty space.
He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags
and the bags don’t burst.
He makes the moon wax and wane,
putting it through its phases.
He draws the horizon out over the ocean,
sets a boundary between light and darkness.
Thunder crashes and rumbles in the skies.
Listen! It’s God raising his voice!
By his power he stills sea storms,
by his wisdom he tames sea monsters.
With one breath he clears the sky,
with one finger he crushes the sea serpent.
And this is only the beginning,
a mere whisper of his rule.
Whatever would we do if he really raised his voice!”
約伯記 26
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
約伯訕笑比勒達
26 約伯回答說: 2 「無能的人蒙你何等的幫助!膀臂無力的人蒙你何等的拯救! 3 無智慧的人蒙你何等的指教!你向他多顯大知識。 4 你向誰發出言語來?誰的靈從你而出?
5 「在大水和水族以下的陰魂戰兢。 6 在神面前陰間顯露,滅亡也不得遮掩。 7 神將北極鋪在空中,將大地懸在虛空。 8 將水包在密雲中,雲卻不破裂。 9 遮蔽他的寶座,將雲鋪在其上。 10 在水面的周圍劃出界限,直到光明黑暗的交界。 11 天的柱子因他的斥責,震動驚奇。 12 他以能力攪動[a]大海,他藉知識打傷拉哈伯; 13 藉他的靈使天有裝飾,他的手刺殺快蛇。 14 看哪,這不過是神工作的些微,我們所聽於他的是何等細微的聲音!他大能的雷聲誰能明透呢?」
Footnotes
- 約伯記 26:12 「攪動 」或作「平靜」。
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