< Job 26 >
1 Then Job answered, and said,
But Job answered and said,
2 How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!
To whom do you attach yourself, or whom are you going to assist? is it not he that [has] much strength, and [he] who has a strong arm?
3 How thou have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
To whom have you given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom will you follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?
4 To whom have thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?
5 Those who are deceased tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants of it.
Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol )
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol )
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.
He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
10 He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through Rahab.
He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
14 Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will listen to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ [it]?