Job 26
1 Et Job répondit et dit:
Then Job answered and said:
2 Comme tu as aidé la faiblesse, soutenu le bras débile!
How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
3 Comme tu as conseillé l'ignorance, et montré beaucoup de lumières!
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
4 A qui s'adressaient tes propos? et qui t'inspirait ce que tu as énoncé?
For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
5 Devant Lui les Ombres tremblent, au-dessous des eaux et de leurs habitants.
Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Il étendit l'Aquilon au-dessus du vide; la terre est suspendue sur le néant.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 Il serra les eaux dans ses nues, et sous leur poids le nuage n'éclate pas;
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
9 Il cache l'aspect de son trône, et Il l'enveloppe de sa nuée.
He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
10 Il traça sur les eaux une limite circulaire, au point où la lumière confine aux ténèbres.
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
11 Les colonnes des Cieux s'ébranlent, et s'étonnent à sa voix menaçante.
The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
12 Par sa force, Il soulève la mer, et par sa sagesse, Il en abat l'orgueil.
By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
13 Son souffle rassérène le ciel, et sa main transperce le dragon qui fuit.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.
14 Ce sont là les bords de ses voies. Qu'il est faible le bruit qu'en saisit notre oreille! et le tonnerre de sa puissance, qui est-ce qui l'entend?
Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
