“ So teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments.

我们愚昧不能陈说；请你指教我们该对他说什么话。

我们因在黑暗中，不会陈说，请你指教我们该对他说什么。

我们因在黑暗中，不会陈说，请你指教我们该对他说什么。

我们因愚昧而无法陈诉，请指教我们如何与祂对话。

我们因愚昧无知的缘故，不能陈明我们的案件，请你告诉我们应该对他说什么话。

我們愚昧不能陳說；請你指教我們該對他說甚麼話。

我們因在黑暗中，不會陳說，請你指教我們該對他說甚麼。

我們因在黑暗中，不會陳說，請你指教我們該對他說甚麼。

我們因愚昧而無法陳訴，請指教我們如何與祂對話。

我們因愚昧無知的緣故，不能陳明我們的案件，請你告訴我們應該對他說甚麼話。

我們因愚闇而不曉得陳說，請教導我們該對他說甚麼話。

我儕蒙昧、不能陳詞、請爾教我、何以與言、

我儕愚昧、不能置辯、爾能教我乎。

我儕當以何言與天主辯論、求爾教我、我因愚昧、不知如何陳辭、

“ Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

“ Job, tell us what we should say to God. We can’t prepare our case because our minds are dark.

Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.

Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.

Teach us what we are to say to Him; We cannot present our case because of darkness.

“ Teach us what we should say to Him, For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.

Teach us what we shall say unto him;[ for] we cannot order[ our speech] by reason of darkness.

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.

Well, I know a few things myself— and you’re no better than I am. Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?

I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.

“ But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.

Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense.I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One.Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name— and his son’s name? Tell me if you know!

So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is!Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!

“ Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?

Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

You asked,‘ Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I— and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me.

Listen to my charge; pay attention to my arguments.

As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty. I want to argue my case with God himself.

These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”