Job 26

1 Then Job answered and said:

respondens autem Iob dixit

2 How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!

cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis

3 How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!

cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam

4 For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?

quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum

5 Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.

ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis

6 The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering. (Sheol h7585)

nudus est inferus coram illo et nullum est operimentum perditioni (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum

9 He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.

qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam

10 He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.

terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae

11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.

columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius

12 By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.

in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum

13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.

spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus

14 Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

ecce haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri