Job 26
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
Then Job answered and said,
2 What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3 What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
4 With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
5 The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him. (Sheol h7585)
7 Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
8 Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
9 Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
10 A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
11 Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.
He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.
By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 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?
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?”
