| 1 Job respondió así: | 1 Then Job responded by saying: |
| 2 «¡Qué bien sabes ayudar al débil, | socorrer al brazo sin fuerza! | 2 Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong? |
| 3 ¡Qué bien aconsejas al necio!, | ¡con qué competencia asesoras! | 3 To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas. |
| 4 ¿A quién se dirigen tus argumentos?; | ¿de quién procede tu inspiración? | 4 Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life? |
| 5 Las Sombras tiemblan de miedo, | se espantan el mar y sus moradores. | 5 Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them. |
| 6 El Abismo está desnudo ante él, | la perdición se halla al descubierto. | 6 The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. |
| 7 Él tendió el septentrión sobre el vacío, | suspendió la tierra sobre la nada. | 7 He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing. |
| 8 Él cerró las aguas en las nubes, | para que estas no revienten con el peso. | 8 He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once. |
| 9 Él celó a las miradas su trono, | desplegando su nube ante él. | 9 He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it. |
| 10 Él limitó con un círculo las aguas | en la frontera de la luz y las tinieblas. | 10 He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit. |
| 11 Las columnas del cielo se conmueven, | espantadas cuando él las amenaza. | 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod. |
| 12 Sosegó el mar con su poder, | con su ingenio machacó a Rahab. | 12 By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant. |
| 13 Su aliento desplegó los cielos, | su mano traspasó al Dragón Huidizo. | 13 His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent. |
| 14 Esto es solo un fleco de sus obras; | de él nos llega tan solo un susurro. | El estruendo de su poder, ¿quién lo captará?». | 14 Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness? |