Job 26
1 Then Job made answer and said,
Then Job answered and said:
2 How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
3 How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
5 The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living 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 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.
10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.
12 By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.
13 By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.
14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
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?
