Job 26

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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Job 26

Job Declares God's Sovereignty

1But Job answered and said,

2How hast thou helped him that is without power?

How savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

3How hast thou counseled him that hath no wisdom?

And how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

4To whom hast thou uttered words?

And whose spirit came from thee?

5Dead things are formed from under the waters,

and the inhabitants thereof.

6Hell#26.6 Hell, Hebrew Sheol. is naked before him,

and destruction hath no covering.

7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place,

and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds;

and the cloud is not rent under them.

9He holdeth back the face of his throne,

and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10He hath compassed the waters with bounds,

until the day and night come to an end.

11The pillars of heaven tremble,

and are astonished at his reproof.

12He divideth the sea with his power,

and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

13By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens;

his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

14Lo, these are parts of his ways;

but how little a portion is heard of him?

But the thunder of his power who can understand?

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