The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
2 “How have you helped him who is without power!
How have you saved the arm that has
no strength!
3 How have you counseled him who has no
wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 To whom have you uttered words?
Whose spirit came out of you?
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.
7 He stretches out the north over empty
space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He bindsup the waters inhis thick clouds,
and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He encloses the face of his throne,
and spreads his cloud on it.
10 He has described a boundary on the
surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power,
and by his understanding he strikes
through Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished.
Hishandhaspiercedthe swift serpent.
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?”