Job 26
1 Then Job answered, and said:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
4 Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
5 Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
9 He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
10 He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
