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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Job 26
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1Job replied, 2“How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak. 3What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom. 4Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?#26:4. Clearly in these verses Job is being ironic. In addition some commentators see 26:1-4 as Job interrupting Bildad who continues as speaker of 26:5-14.
5The dead tremble, those beneath the waters. 6Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered.#26:6. Sheol and Abaddon are names for the underworld, the place of the dead. The idea in this verse is that nothing is hidden from God. 7He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing. 8He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight. 9He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds. 10On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.#26:10. There are echoes of the Genesis account of creation here. 11The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.#26:11. According to the ancients, the sky was supported by pillars (identified with certain mountains). 12He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do, he crushed Rahab.#26:12. Rahab was a legendary sea-monster, and may refer to some creation stories. 13The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.#26:13. See Isaiah 27:1. 14This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
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