Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
Then Job made answer and said,
2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no 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 have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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 stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to 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 heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
14 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?”
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.
