Job 26
1 Respondens autem Iob, dixit:
And Job answers and says:
2 Cuius adiutor es? numquid imbecillis? et sustentas brachium eius, qui non est fortis?
“How you have helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
3 Cui dedisti consilium? forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam, et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.
How you have given counsel to the unwise, And made known wise plans in abundance.
4 Quem docere voluisti? nonne eum, qui fecit spiramentum?
With whom have you declared words? And whose breath came forth from you?
5 Ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis, et qui habitant cum eis.
The Rephaim are formed, Also their inhabitants beneath the waters.
Sheol [is] naked before Him, And there is no covering to destruction. (Sheol h7585)
7 Qui extendit Aquilonem super vacuum, et appendit terram super nihilum.
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth on nothing,
8 Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
9 Qui tenet vultum solii sui, et expandit super illud nebulam suam.
Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading His cloud over it.
10 Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae.
He has placed a limit on the waters, To the boundary of light with darkness.
11 Columnae caeli contremiscunt, et pavent ad nutum eius.
Pillars of the heavens tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
12 In fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt, et prudentia eius percussit superbum.
By His power He has quieted the sea, And by His understanding struck the proud.
13 Spiritus eius ornavit caelos: et obstetricante manu eius, eductus est coluber tortuosus.
He beautified the heavens by His Spirit, His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.
14 Ecce, haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius: et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus, quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?
Behold, these [are] the borders of His way, and how little a matter is heard of Him, and who understands the thunder of His might?”
