Job 26
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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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Iyov (Job) 26
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1Then Iyov replied,
2“What great help you bring to the powerless!
what deliverance to the arm without strength!
3Such wonderful advice for a man lacking wisdom!
So much common sense you’ve expressed!
4Who helped you to say these words?
Whose spirit is it, coming forth from you?
5“The ghosts of the dead tremble
beneath the water, with its creatures.
6Sh’ol is naked before him;
Abaddon lies uncovered.
7He stretches the north over chaos
and suspends the earth on nothing.
8He binds up the water in his thick clouds,
yet no cloud is torn apart by it.
9He shuts off the view of his throne
by spreading his cloud across it.
10He fixed a circle on the surface of the water,
defining the boundary between light and dark.
11The pillars of heaven tremble,
aghast at his rebuke.
12He stirs up the sea with his power,
and by his skill he strikes down Rahav.
13With his Spirit he spreads the heavens;
his hand pierces the fleeing serpent.
14And these are but the fringes of his ways;
how faint the echo we hear of him!
But who is able to grasp the meaning
of his thundering power?”
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