Job 26
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
Then Job answered,
2 cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis
“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
3 cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam
How have you counselled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
5 ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis
“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili
He stretches out the north over empty space, 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 burst under them.
9 qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 ecce haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri
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?”
