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 hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou 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 hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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 hath no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
He bindeth 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 holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
He hath 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 divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
13 By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath 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?”
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?
