那时耶和华从旋风中回答约伯，说，
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

谁用无知的言语，使我的旨意暗晦不明？
Who is this who darkens counsel / By words without knowledge?

你要如勇士束腰；我问你，你可以指示我。
Gird up now your loins like a mighty man; / For I will ask of you, and you shall inform Me.

我立大地根基的时候，你在哪里？你若有聪明，只管告诉我。
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? / Tell Me, if you have understanding.

你若晓得就说，是谁定地的尺度？是谁把准绳拉在其上？
Who set its measurements — if you know? / Or who stretched the measuring line over it?

地的基础置于何物之上？地的角石是谁安放的？
Onto what were its bases sunk, / Or who laid its cornerstone,

那时晨星一同歌唱，神的众子也都欢呼。
When the morning stars sang together / And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

海水冲出，如出胎胞；那时谁用门将海关闭？
And who hedged in the sea with doors / When it burst forth, issuing from the womb,

是我用云彩当海的衣服，用幽暗当包裹海的布，
When I made clouds its clothing / And deep darkness its swaddling clothes,

我为海定界限，又安门和闩，
And I broke out My boundaries for it / And set up bars and doors,

说，你只可到这里，不可越过，你狂傲的浪要到此止住。
And I said, To here you shall come and no farther, / And here shall your proud waves be stopped?

你出生的日子以来，曾命定晨光么？你曾使曙光知道本位，
Have you ever commanded the morning since your days began? / Have you ever caused the dawn to know its place,

叫这光普照地的四极，将恶人从其中抖出来么？
So that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, / And the wicked might be shaken out of it?

地面改变如泥上盖印；万物出现如衣服一样。
The earth is changed like clay under a seal, / And all things on it stand forth like a garment.

亮光不照恶人，高举的膀臂也必折断。
And from the wicked their light is withheld, / And the high arm is broken.

你曾进到海的泉源，或在深渊的隐密处行走么？
Have you entered into the springs of the sea, / Or have you walked about in the recesses of the deep?

死亡的门，曾向你显露么？死荫的门，你曾见过么？
Have the gates of death been revealed to you, / Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

地的广阔，你能明了么？你若全知道，只管说吧。
Have you comprehended the full expanse of the earth? / Declare it, if you know it all.

往光之居所的路在哪里？黑暗的本位在何处？
Where is the way to the dwelling of the light? / And the darkness, where is its place,

你能把黑暗带到本境，看明达到其屋之路么？
That you may take it to its boundary, / And that you may perceive the paths to its house?

你总知道，因为那时你已经出生，你日子的数目也多。
You know, for you were born then, / And the number of your days is great.

你曾进入雪库，或见过雹仓么？
Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow, / Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

这雪雹乃是我为降灾的时候，为打仗和争战的日子所贮存的。
Which I have reserved for the time of calamity, / For the day of battle and of war?

往光分开之处的路在哪里？往东风在地上分散之处的路在哪里？
Where is the way to the place where the light is divided, / To the place where the east wind scatters upon the earth?

谁为大雨分水道，谁为雷电开道路，
Who cut a channel for the rain torrent, / Or a way for the thunderbolt,

使雨降在无人之地，无人居住的旷野；
To make it rain on a land where no man is, / On a wilderness in which there is no man;

使荒废凄凉之地得着灌溉，青草的嫩苗得以生长？
To satisfy the waste and desolate land / And to cause the shoots of grass to sprout?

雨有父么？露水珠是谁生的？
Does the rain have a father? / Or who begot the drops of dew?

冰出于谁的胎？天上的霜是谁生的？
From whose womb does the ice come forth? / And the frost of heaven, who gave birth to it?

诸水隐藏，冻结如石头，深渊表面凝结成冰。
The waters hide themselves and become like stone, / And the surface of the deep is frozen.

你能系住昴星的结，解开参星的带么？
Can you fasten the bands of the Pleiades, / Or loosen the cords of Orion?

你能按时领出十二宫么？能引导北斗和随它的众星么？
Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? / Or can you guide the Bear with its cubs?

你知道天的定例么？能在地上建立天的管治么？
Do you know the laws of the heavens? / Do you establish their rule on the earth?

你能向云彩扬起声来，使充沛的雨水遮盖你么？
Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, / So that a flood of water would cover you?

你能打发闪电，叫闪电行去，并且对你说，我们在这里么？
Can you send forth lightnings, so that they would go / And say to you, Here we are?

谁将智慧放在人的怀中，将聪明赐于人的心思？
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts, / Or given understanding to the mind?

尘土聚集成团，土块紧紧结连时，谁能用智慧数算云彩？谁能倾倒天上的水瓶？
Who can number the clouds by wisdom, / Or who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

（37、38节合并。）
When the dust runs into a mass / And the clods stick together?

狮子在洞中蹲伏，在丛林里埋伏时，你能为母狮猎取食物，满足少壮狮子的食欲么？
Can you hunt prey for the lioness, / Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

（39、40节合并。）
When they crouch in their dens, / When they lie in wait in the thicket?

乌鸦之雏，因无食物飞来飞去，向神呼救时，谁为乌鸦预备食物？
Who provides for the raven its prey / When its young ones cry out to God / And wander about for lack of food?