Job 26

1 Then Job responded by saying:

Then Job answered,

2 Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?

“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

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.

How have you counselled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4 Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?

To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

5 Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.

“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

6 The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. (Sheol h7585)

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

8 He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

9 He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.

He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

10 He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.

He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

12 By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.

He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

13 His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

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?

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?”