Job 26

1 Then Job answered:

1 Then Job answered,

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

2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

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

3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

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

4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

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

5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

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

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.

7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

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

8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

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

9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

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

10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

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

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

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

12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

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

13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift 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?”

14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”