Job 26
1 Then Job answered, and said,
Then Job answered and said:
2 How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!
How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
3 How thou have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
4 To whom have thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
5 Those who are deceased tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants of it.
Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.
He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
10 He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To 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 confounded at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through Rahab.
By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.
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?
Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
