Job 26

1 Then Job answered:

2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!

4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?

5 The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.

12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

14 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?”

1 ¶ But Job answered and said,

2 How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?

3 How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

5 ¶ Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

1 Job answered and said: Secondly, whom wilt thou help? To him that hath no strength? Helpest thou him that hath no strength in arms?

3 To whom givest thou counsel? To him that hath no wisdom? and showest thou a mighty man how he shall do it?

4 For whom speakest thou, and for whom goest forth thy breath?

5 The giants were afraid among the waters, and they that dwelt by them.

6 Hell is laid open before him, and destruction hath no covering.

7 He spreadeth out the midnight nowhere, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8 He gathereth the waters into his clouds, and the clouds are not rent under them.

9 he holds his chair and spreads his clouds before it.

10 He hath set a mark round about the waters, until the light pass away with the darkness.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are terrified at his rebuke.

12 Before his strength the sea is suddenly impetuous, and before his understanding the height of the sea is lifted up.

13 The heavens are made fair by his wind, and his hand prepareth the straight serpent.

14 Behold, this is the way of his doings: but of it we have heard a small word. But who shall understand the thunder of his power?