Job 26
1 Job replied,
But Job answered and said,
2 “How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
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?
3 What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
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?
4 Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?
5 The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
8 He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.
9 He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
10 On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
13 The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
14 This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
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]?
