Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
Then Job answered, and said,
2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How thou have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
To whom have thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Those who are deceased tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants of it.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
