Job 26

Job Answers Bildad

1Then Job answered:

2“You are no help to a person who has no strength!

You have given no help to one whose arm is weak!

3You have given advice to me as if I had no wisdom!

This is not great wisdom you have shown!

4Who has helped you say these words?

And where did you get these words you speak?

5“The spirits of the dead beneath the waters shake.

And so do those that live in the waters.

6Death is naked before God.

Destruction is uncovered before him.

7God stretches the northern sky out over empty space.

And he hangs the earth on nothing.

8God wraps up the waters in his thick clouds.

But the clouds do not break under the weight of the water.

9God covers the face of the full moon.

He spreads his clouds over it.

10God draws the horizon like a circle on the water

at the place where light and darkness meet.

11Heaven’s foundations shake

when he thunders at them.

12God’s power controls the sea.

By his wisdom he destroyed Rahab, the sea monster.

13God breathes, and the sky becomes clear.

God’s hand stabs the gliding snake.

14And these are only a small part of God’s works.

We only hear a small whisper of him.

So who can understand God’s thundering power?”

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Job 26

Job’s Reply to Bildad

1Then Job answered:

2How you have helped#Jb 4:3; Is 35:3; Heb 12:12 the powerless

and delivered the arm that is weak!

3How you have counseled the unwise#Jb 11:6; Ps 73:24; Jms 1:5

and abundantly provided insight!

4With whom did you speak these words?

Whose breath came out of your mouth?

5The departed spirits tremble

beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.#Ps 88:10; Is 26:14,19; Rv 20:13

6Sheol#Ps 30:3,9; Pr 1:12; Is 5:14 is naked before God,

and Abaddon#Jb 28:22; Pr 27:20; Rv 9:11 has no covering.#Ps 139:8; Pr 15:11; Heb 4:13

7He stretches the northern skies over empty space;

he hangs the earth on nothing.

8He wraps up the water in his clouds,

yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.#Jb 37:11; 38:9; Pr 30:4

9He obscures the view of his throne,

spreading his cloud over it.

10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters#Ps 104:9; Pr 8:27,29; Jr 5:22

at the boundary between light and darkness.

11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,

astounded at his rebuke.#2Sm 22:16; Ps 18:15; 104:7

12By his power he stirred#Is 51:15; Jr 31:35 the sea,

and by his understanding he crushed Rahab.#Jb 9:13; Ps 89:10; Is 51:9

13By his breath the heavens gained their beauty;

his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.#26:13 = Leviathan#Jb 41; Ps 33:6; Is 27:1

14These are but the fringes of his ways;

how faint is the word we hear of him!

Who can understand his mighty thunder?

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