Job 26
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
Then Job answered:
2 cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4 quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis
The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10 terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced 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
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
