Job 26
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
But Job answered and said,
2 cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis
How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam
How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum
To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam
He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
13 spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus
By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent.
14 ecce haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri
See, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
