1 Then Job answered and said,

2 How hast thou helped him that is without power!

How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom,

And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4 To whom hast thou uttered words?

And whose spirit came forth from thee?

5 They that are deceased tremble

Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

6 Sheol is naked before God,

And Abaddon hath no covering.

7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space,

And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds;

And the cloud is not rent under them.

9 He incloseth the face of his throne,

And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters,

Unto the confines of light and darkness.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble

And are astonished at his rebuke.

12 He stirreth up the sea with his power,

And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished;

His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways:

And how small a whisper do we hear of him!

But the thunder of his power who can understand?

1 Ano ra ko Hopa; i mea ia.

2 He hapai pehea tau i te kahakore? He whakaora pehea tau i te ringa ngoikore?

3 Ka tae tau whakatakoto whakaaro ma te whakaarokore! Te nui o tau whakaatu tikanga!

4 I puaki ki a wai au kupu? No wai te wairua i puta mai ra i a koe?

5 E wiri ana nga tupapaku i raro i te wai, me nga mea ano e noho ana i reira.

6 E takoto kau ana te reinga i tona aroaro, kahore hoki he hipoki mo te whakangaro.

7 E horahia atu ana e ia te raki ki runga ki te wahi takoto kau, whakairihia ana e ia te whenua ki runga ki te kahore noa iho.

8 E takaia ana e ia nga wai ki roto ki ana kapua matotoru; a kahore te kapua e pakaru i raro i a ratou.

9 E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tona torona, horahia ana e ia tana kapua ki runga.

10 He mea karapoti nana nga wai, rohe rawa, a tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te marama me te pouri.

11 Wiri ana nga pou o te rangi, miharo ana ki tana whakatupehupehu.

12 Ko tona kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana, maru ana te whakakake i tona matauranga.

13 Na tona wairua i whakapaipai nga rangi; na tona ringa i wero te nakahi tere.

14 Na, he pito enei no ona ara; ano te iti o te wahi ona e rangona ana! Ko te whatitiri ia o tona kaha, ko wai ka matau?