Job 26
1 And Job answers and says:
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 “How you have helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
3 How you have given counsel to the unwise, And made known wise plans in abundance.
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
4 With whom have you declared words? And whose breath came forth from you?
Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
5 The Rephaim are formed, Also their inhabitants 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 Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth on nothing,
Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
8 Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
9 Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading His cloud over it.
Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
10 He has placed a limit on the waters, To the boundary of light with darkness.
A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
11 Pillars of the heavens tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
12 By His power He has quieted the sea, And by His understanding struck the proud.
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
13 He beautified the heavens by His Spirit, His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these [are] the borders of His way, and how little a matter is heard of Him, and who understands the thunder of His might?”
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?
