Job 26
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
Then Job answered and said:
2 How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
3 How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
4 Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
5 The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
He bindeth 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 covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
10 A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded 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 stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
13 By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing 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 but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
