Job 26
26
Job Rebukes Bildad
1But Job answered and said,
2“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)!
How you have saved the arm that is without strength!
3“How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom!
And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight!
4“To whom have you uttered [these] words?
And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you?
The Greatness of God
5¶“The spirits of the dead tremble
Underneath the waters and their inhabitants.
6“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,
And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
7“It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness
And #26:7 Job reveals a remarkable understanding of God’s power and His amazing universe.hangs the earth on nothing.
8“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.
9“He covers the face of the #26:9 Or throne.full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
10“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
11“The pillars of the heavens tremble
And are terrified at His rebuke.
12“He stirred up the sea by His power,
And by His understanding He smashed [proud] #26:12 I.e. a legendary and horrifying sea monster.Rahab.
13“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent. [Ps 33:6]
14“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”
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Job 26
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1Then Job answered:
2“How you have helped him who has no power!
How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3How you have counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4With whose help have you uttered words,
and whose spirit has come forth from you?
5The shades below tremble,
the waters and their inhabitants.
6Sheol is naked before God,
and Abaddon has no covering.
7He stretches out the north over the void,
and hangs the earth upon nothing.
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not rent under them.
9He covers the face of the moon,#26.9 Or his throne
and spreads over it his cloud.
10He has described a circle upon the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.
11The pillars of heaven tremble,
and are astounded at his rebuke.
12By his power he stilled the sea;
by his understanding he smote Rahab.
13By his wind the heavens were made fair;
his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14Lo, 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?”
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