願人可與神理論，如同人與朋友一樣；

愿人得与神辩白，如同人与朋友辩白一样；

愿人可与上帝理论，如同人与朋友一样；

愿人可与神理论，如同人与朋友一样；

但愿人与上帝之间有仲裁者，如同人与人之间。

但愿人可以为人与神分辩，正如世人为朋友辩白一样。

願人得與神辯白，如同人與朋友辯白一樣；

願人可與上帝理論，如同人與朋友一樣；

但願人與上帝之間有仲裁者，如同人與人之間。

但願人可以為人與神分辯，正如世人為朋友辯白一樣。

但願人得以同上帝辯訴，就如同人跟朋友訴說一樣。

願上帝為人辨冤於其前、並在人之鄰里中、

願得在上帝前、明辨其冤、如與同儕言者然、

願世人得與天主辯論、如人與人辯論然、

on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.

He makes his appeal to God to help me as a person pleads for a friend.

that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.

I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.

I wish that someone might argue for a man with God just as anyone would for a friend.

That one might plead for a man with God As a son of man with his neighbor!

Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

I wish that someone might arbitrate between a man and God just as a man pleads for his friend.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man[ pleadeth] for his neighbour!

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

「那與造他的主爭論的人有禍了！他不過是地上瓦塊中的一片。泥土豈可對塑造它的說：『你做的是甚麼？你所做的物怎麼沒有把手呢？』

願他使他的杖離開我，不使他的威嚴恐嚇我，我就說話，不懼怕他；但對我來說，我卻不是這樣。」

然而我要對全能者說話，我願與神理論。

耶和華繼續對約伯說：「強辯的豈可與全能者爭論？與神辯駁的可以回答吧！」於是，約伯回答耶和華說：「看哪，我是卑賤的！我用甚麼回答你呢？我只好用手摀住我的口。我說了一次，就不回答；說了兩次，不再說了。」

惟願有一位肯聽我！看哪，我的記號，願全能者回答我！願那與我爭訟的寫下狀詞！

你這個人哪，你是誰，竟敢向神頂嘴呢？受造之物豈會對造他的說：「你為甚麼把我造成這樣呢？」

惟願我知道哪裏可以尋見神，能到他的臺前，我就在他面前陳明我的案件，滿口辯訴。我必知道他回答我的言語，明白他向我所要說的。他豈用大能與我爭辯呢？不！他必理會我。在那裏正直人可以與他辯論，我就必永遠脫離那審判我的。

這樣，你呼叫，我就回答；或是讓我說話，你回答我。

先前所有的，早已起了名，人早知道人是如何的，不能與比自己強壯的相爭。