Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
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?”
Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?
