Parallel Verses
- New Living Translation - “So teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments.
- 新标点和合本 - 我们愚昧不能陈说； 请你指教我们该对他说什么话。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们因在黑暗中，不会陈说， 请你指教我们该对他说什么。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们因在黑暗中，不会陈说， 请你指教我们该对他说什么。
- 当代译本 - 我们因愚昧而无法陈诉， 请指教我们如何与祂对话。
- 圣经新译本 - 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。
- 现代标点和合本 - 我们愚昧不能陈说， 请你指教我们该对他说什么话。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我们愚昧不能陈说， 请你指教我们该对他说什么话。
- New International Version - “Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
- New International Reader's Version - “Job, tell us what we should say to God. We can’t prepare our case because our minds are dark.
- English Standard Version - Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
- The Message - “If you’re so smart, give us a lesson in how to address God. We’re in the dark and can’t figure it out. Do you think I’m dumb enough to challenge God? Wouldn’t that just be asking for trouble? No one in his right mind stares straight at the sun on a clear and cloudless day. As gold comes from the northern mountains, so a terrible beauty streams from God.
- Christian Standard Bible - Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.
- New American Standard Bible - Teach us what we are to say to Him; We cannot present our case because of darkness.
- New King James Version - “Teach us what we should say to Him, For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.
- Amplified Bible - Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being; We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].
- American Standard Version - Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.
- King James Version - Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
- New English Translation - Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.
- World English Bible - Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.
- 新標點和合本 - 我們愚昧不能陳說； 請你指教我們該對他說甚麼話。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們因在黑暗中，不會陳說， 請你指教我們該對他說甚麼。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們因在黑暗中，不會陳說， 請你指教我們該對他說甚麼。
- 當代譯本 - 我們因愚昧而無法陳訴， 請指教我們如何與祂對話。
- 聖經新譯本 - 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。
- 呂振中譯本 - 我們因愚闇而不曉得陳說， 請教導我們該對他說甚麼話。
- 現代標點和合本 - 我們愚昧不能陳說， 請你指教我們該對他說什麼話。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我儕蒙昧、不能陳詞、請爾教我、何以與言、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我儕愚昧、不能置辯、爾能教我乎。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 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、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »Haznos saber qué debemos responderle, pues debido a nuestra ignorancia no tenemos argumentos.
- 현대인의 성경 - “너는 우리가 하나님께 할 말을 가르쳐다오. 우리는 마음이 어두워서 무슨 말을 해야 할지 모르겠다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Научи нас, что нам Ему сказать, мы не в силах найти слова из-за тьмы.
- Восточный перевод - Научи нас, что нам Ему сказать; мы не знаем из-за своего невежества.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Научи нас, что нам Ему сказать; мы не знаем из-за своего невежества.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Научи нас, что нам Ему сказать; мы не знаем из-за своего невежества.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Pourrais-tu nous faire savoir ╵ce que nous lui dirons ? Nous ne pourrons argumenter : ╵tout est obscur pour nous.
- リビングバイブル - 自分には豊富な知識があると考える人がいたら、 神に近づく方法を教えてもらいたい。 私たちはあまりにも鈍く、 何もわかっていないからだ。 はて、そんな知識で神に近づけるだろうか。 生きたままのみ込まれてもよいというのか。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Diga-nos o que devemos dizer a ele; não podemos elaborar a nossa defesa por causa das nossas trevas.
- Hoffnung für alle - Teile uns mit, was wir ihm sagen sollen! Denn wir tappen im Dunkeln und können unseren Fall nicht vorbringen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy dạy chúng tôi biết phải thưa gì với Đức Chúa Trời. Chúng tôi quá u mê, chẳng biết trình bày cớ sự.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “บอกเราสิว่าเราจะทูลพระองค์ว่าอย่างไรได้ เราไม่สามารถแถลงคดีของเราเนื่องจากความมืดของเรา
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - บอกพวกเราเถิดว่า เราน่าจะพูดอะไรกับพระองค์ พวกเราไม่สามารถเตรียมคดีได้เพราะทุกอย่างมืดแปดด้าน
Cross Reference
- Job 12:3 - 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?
- Job 42:3 - 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.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 - 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.
- Psalms 73:16 - So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is!
- Psalms 73:17 - Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
- 1 John 3:2 - 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.
- Proverbs 30:2 - I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense.
- Proverbs 30:3 - I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One.
- Proverbs 30:4 - 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!
- Job 38:2 - “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?
- Psalms 73:22 - I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
- Job 28:20 - “But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?
- Job 28:21 - It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.
- Psalms 139:6 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
- Job 26:14 - 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?”
- Job 13:6 - Listen to my charge; pay attention to my arguments.
- Job 13:3 - As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty. I want to argue my case with God himself.