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 hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?
3 How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
How hast thou counseled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?
4 Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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 hath no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [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 holdeth back the face of [his] throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
He hath encompassed 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 divideth the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
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 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?
Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
