Job 26
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
Then Job answered and said:
2 cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis
How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
3 cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum
With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
5 ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis
The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili
He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
8 qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum
He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam
He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.
10 terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae
He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
11 columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.
12 in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum
He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.
13 spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus
By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.
14 ecce haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri
Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?
