Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered:
2 “How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4 With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10 He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
