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