Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
5 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
9 He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between 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 stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
