Then Job answered and said,
约伯回答说，

Surely then you are the people, / And wisdom will die with you.
你们真是有智慧的子民哪，你们死亡，智慧也就灭没了。

I also have understanding as you do; / I am not inferior to you. / And who does not know things like these?
但我也有聪明，与你们一样；我并非不及你们。你们所说这样的事，谁不知道呢？

I have become a laughingstock to my friends, / I, who have called out to God and He answers me. / The righteous man, the perfect man, is a laughingstock.
我这呼求神、蒙祂应允的人，竟成了朋友所讥笑的；公义完全的人，竟成了人所讥笑的。

There is contempt for calamity in the thought of him who is at ease: / It is prepared for those whose foot slips.
安逸的人心里藐视灾祸；这灾祸常常等待滑脚的人。

The tents of robbers prosper, / And those who provoke God have security, / Those who carry their god in their own might.
强盗的帐棚兴旺，惹神发怒的人稳固，这些人将自己的能力当作神。

But ask now of the beasts, and they will teach you; / And of the birds of heaven, and they will tell you.
你且问走兽，走兽必指教你；又问空中的飞鸟，飞鸟必告诉你；

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; / And the fish of the sea will declare to you.
或与地说话，地必指教你；海中的鱼，也必向你说明。

Who among all these does not know / That the hand of Jehovah has done this,
在这一切之中，谁不知道这是耶和华的手作成的呢？

In whose hand is the life of every living thing / And the breath of all flesh of man?
凡活物的生命，和一切血肉之人的气息，都在祂手中。

Does not the ear try words / Even as the palate tastes food for itself?
耳朵岂不试验言语，正如上膛品尝食物么？

In aged men, you say, there is wisdom, / And in length of days there is understanding.
你们说，年老的有智慧，寿高的有辨识。

But with Him are wisdom and might; / Counsel and understanding are His.
其实智慧和能力乃在于神；谋略和辨识都属于祂。

Indeed, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt; / He shuts a man up, and the door cannot be opened.
看哪，祂拆毁的，就不能再建造；祂将人禁闭，便不得开释。

Indeed, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; / And He sends them forth, and they overturn the earth.
祂把水留住，水便枯干；祂发出水来，水就翻地。

With Him are strength and effectual wisdom; / The deceived and the deceiver are His.
在祂有能力和智慧；被欺骗的与欺骗人的，都属于祂。

He leads counselors away stripped, / And He makes fools of judges.
祂把谋士剥衣掳去，又使审判官变成愚人。

He loosens the fetters of kings / And binds their loins with a belt.
祂放松君王的绑，又用带子捆他们的腰。

He leads priests away stripped, / And He overturns dignitaries.
祂把祭司剥衣掳去，又使有权势的人倾败。

He removes the utterance of the trusty / And takes away the counsel of the elders.
祂废去忠信人的讲论，又夺去老年人的谋略。

He pours contempt upon the princes / And loosens the belt of the strong.
祂使贵胄蒙羞被辱，又放松壮士的腰带。

He uncovers the depths out of darkness / And brings to light the shadow of death.
祂将深奥的事从黑暗中显露出来，使死荫显为光明。

He makes nations great and destroys them; / He expands nations and leads them off.
祂使邦国兴旺，又将其毁灭；祂使邦国开广，又将其掳去。

He removes the understanding of the heads of the people of the earth / And causes them to wander in a pathless waste.
祂将地上民中首领的聪明夺去，使他们在荒废无路之地飘流。

They grope in darkness, and there is no light; / And He causes them to stagger like a drunken man.
他们无光，在黑暗中摸索；祂使他们东倒西歪，像醉酒的人一样。