Job 26
1 But Job answered and said,
Then Job answered,
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 have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
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 have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
5 Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Sheol (Sheol h7585) is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift 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]?
Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
