Job 26
1 But Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou 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 [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
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 from thee?
With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
5 Dead [things] are formed from under 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 the empty place, [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 holdeth back 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 compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
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 reproof.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard 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?”
