Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said,
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 “How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
3 How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
4 With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
5 The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
Binding 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.
Taking hold of the face of the throne, 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.
A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.
13 By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand 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?”
Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
