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

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.

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

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

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.

But I have a brain, just like you. I’m as clever as you are. In fact, everyone knows as much as you do.

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

So where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?It’s hidden from the eyes of every living thing. Even the birds in the sky can’t find it.

Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a foggy mirror. But someday we will see clearly. We will see face to face. What I know now is not complete. But someday I will know completely, just as God knows me completely.

Surely I am only a dumb animal and not a man. I don’t understand as other men do.I haven’t learned wisdom. And I don’t know the things the Holy One knows.Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a coat? Who has set in place all the boundaries of the earth? What is his name? What is his son’s name? Surely you know!

I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle.It troubled me until I entered God’s temple. Then I understood what will finally happen to bad people.

I’m amazed at how well you know me. It’s more than I can understand.

“ Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.

Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is.

You asked me,‘ Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.’ I spoke about things I didn’t completely understand. I talked about things that were too wonderful for me to know.

Listen to my case. Listen as I make my appeal.

In fact, I long to speak to the Mighty One. I want to argue my case with God.

Those are only on the edges of what he does. They are only the soft whispers that we hear from him. So who can understand how very powerful he is?”