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 the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
3 cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
4 quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum
For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
5 ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis
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 qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon 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 covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
10 terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
11 columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius
The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
12 in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum
By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
13 spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath 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
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?
