Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
But Job answered and said,
2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
To whom dost thou attach thyself, or whom art thou going to assist? is it not he that [has] much strength, and [he] who has a strong arm?
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
To whom hast thou given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom wilt thou follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from thee?
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ [it]?
