Job 26
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
Then answered Job, and said,
2 How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
3 How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
4 Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
7 Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
8 Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
9 Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
10 A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
13 By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying 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?
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?
