Job 26
1 Job replied,
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 “How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
3 What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
4 Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
5 The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
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 the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
8 He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
9 He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
10 On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from 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 tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
12 He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
13 The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
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?”
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?
