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
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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