Job 26
1 Respondens autem Iob, dixit:
Job replied,
2 Cuius adiutor es? numquid imbecillis? et sustentas brachium eius, qui non est fortis?
“How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
3 Cui dedisti consilium? forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam, et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.
What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
4 Quem docere voluisti? nonne eum, qui fecit spiramentum?
Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
5 Ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis, et qui habitant cum eis.
The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered. (Sheol h7585)
7 Qui extendit Aquilonem super vacuum, et appendit terram super nihilum.
He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
8 Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
9 Qui tenet vultum solii sui, et expandit super illud nebulam suam.
He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
10 Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae.
On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
11 Columnae caeli contremiscunt, et pavent ad nutum eius.
The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
12 In fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt, et prudentia eius percussit superbum.
He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
13 Spiritus eius ornavit caelos: et obstetricante manu eius, eductus est coluber tortuosus.
The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Ecce, haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius: et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus, quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?
This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
