Job 26

1 And Job answereth and saith: —

respondens autem Iob dixit

2 What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!

cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis

3 What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.

cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam

4 With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum

5 The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.

ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis

6 Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction. (Sheol h7585)

nudus est inferus coram illo et nullum est operimentum perditioni (Sheol h7585)

7 Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili

8 Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum

9 Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.

qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam

10 A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae

11 Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius

12 By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum

13 By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.

spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus

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?

ecce haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri