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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Job 26
26
Job Replies: God’s Majesty Is Unsearchable
1But Job answered:
2“How have you helped him who is without power?
How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom?
And how have you plentifully declared sound knowledge?
4To whom have you uttered words?
And whose breath came from you?
5#Ge 6:4; Ps 88:10 “The departed spirits tremble under the waters,
and their inhabitants.
6#Ps 139:8; Pr 15:11 The underworld is naked before Him,
and destruction has no covering.
7#Job 9:8; Ge 1:1–2 He stretches out the north over empty space,
He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8#Pr 30:4 He binds up the waters in His thick clouds,
and the cloud is not broken under them.
9#Ps 97:2 He covers the face of the full moon
and spreads His cloud over it.
10#Job 38:8–11; Pr 8:29 He has circled the waters with boundaries,
until the day and night come to an end.
11The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astonished at His reproof.
12#Isa 51:15; Jer 31:35 He divides the sea with His power,
and by His understanding He strikes through the proud.
13#Isa 27:1; Ge 1:2 By His breath He has made fair the heavens;
His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.
14Indeed, these are but a part of His ways,
and how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?”
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