Job 26
1 Then Job answered:
Then Job answered and said:
2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.
12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.
13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.
14 Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?
