Job 26
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
But Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
13 By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent.
14 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?
See, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
