Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
2 “How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
3 How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you?
5 The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
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 He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud.
13 By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked 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?”
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?
