Job 26
1 But Job answered and said,
Then responded Job, and said: —
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 hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
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 hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
4 To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?
Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
5 Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
8 binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
9 He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
10 He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
11 The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
12 He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
13 And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath 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]?
Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?
