Job 26
1 But Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
2 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?
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 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?
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4 To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10 He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 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]?
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?”
