Job 26
1 And Job answered and said,
Then Job made answer and said,
2 How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
4 For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
5 The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;
The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
9 He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.
By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
10 He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
12 He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
14 Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
