Job 26
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Job 26
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Then Job made answer and said, | Then Job answered and said, |
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength! | How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength! |
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge! | How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge! |
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you? | To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee? |
The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them. | They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. |
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. | Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering. |
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing. | He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. |
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them. | He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them. |
By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it. | He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. |
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark. | He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness. |
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words. | The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke. |
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded. | He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab. |
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through. | By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent. |
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge. | Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand? |