Job 26
1 Job replied,
Respondens autem Iob, dixit:
2 “How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
Cuius adiutor es? numquid imbecillis? et sustentas brachium eius, qui non est fortis?
3 What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
Cui dedisti consilium? forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam, et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.
4 Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
Quem docere voluisti? nonne eum, qui fecit spiramentum?
5 The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
Ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis, et qui habitant cum eis.
Nudus est infernus coram illo, et nullum est operimentum perditioni. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
Qui extendit Aquilonem super vacuum, et appendit terram super nihilum.
8 He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
9 He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
Qui tenet vultum solii sui, et expandit super illud nebulam suam.
10 On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
Columnae caeli contremiscunt, et pavent ad nutum eius.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
In fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt, et prudentia eius percussit superbum.
13 The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
Spiritus eius ornavit caelos: et obstetricante manu eius, eductus est coluber tortuosus.
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?”
Ecce, haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius: et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus, quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?
