Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
But 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 have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction 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 the empty place, and hangs the earth on 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 rent under them.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked 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?”
See, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
