Job 26
1 Job prit la parole, et dit:
Then Job answered,
2 Comme tu as aidé celui qui était sans force! Comme tu as secouru le bras sans vigueur!
"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
3 Comme tu as bien conseillé l'homme sans raison, et fait paraître l'abondance de ta sagesse!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge.
4 A qui as-tu adressé des discours? Et de qui est l'esprit qui est sorti de toi?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
5 Les ombres tremblent au-dessous des eaux et de leurs habitants.
"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Sheol is naked before him, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Il étend le septentrion sur le vide, il suspend la terre sur le néant.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Il renferme les eaux dans ses nuages, et la nuée n'éclate pas sous leur poids.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 Il couvre la face de son trône, il déploie au-dessus sa nuée.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 Il décrit un cercle sur les eaux, au point où la lumière confine avec les ténèbres.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 Les colonnes des cieux sont ébranlées, et s'étonnent à sa menace.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 Par sa force, il soulève la mer; et par son habileté, il écrase les plus puissants rebelles.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 Son souffle rend le ciel pur; sa main perce le dragon fugitif.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 Ce ne sont là que les bords de ses voies; qu'il est faible le bruit qu'en saisit notre oreille! Et qui pourra entendre le tonnerre de sa puissance?
Look, 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?"
