Job 26
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
3 cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
4 quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum
Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
5 ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis
The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)
7 qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili
Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
8 qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
9 qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam
Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
10 terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae
A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
11 columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius
The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
12 in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
13 spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath 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
Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?
