| 26:1 |
Then Job answered, |
| 26:2 |
"How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength! |
| 26:3 |
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! |
| 26:4 |
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you? |
| 26:5 |
"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. |
| 26:6 |
Sheol { Sheol is the lower world or the grave. } is naked before God, and Abaddon { Abaddon means Destroyer. } has no covering. |
| 26:7 |
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 26:8 |
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them. |
| 26:9 |
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it. |
| 26:10 |
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness. |
| 26:11 |
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke. |
| 26:12 |
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab. |
| 26:13 |
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent. |
| 26:14 |
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?" |
