Job 26
1 Then answered Job, and said,
Then Job answered,
2 What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
3 How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge.
4 To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
5 The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol is naked before him, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the 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 tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
Look, 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?"
