Job, 26

1. But Job answered and said,

1. Job answered then:

2. How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?

2. What help have you given to the powerless, what strength to the enfeebled arm?

3. How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

3. What advice have you offered to the foolish, and what great insight have you shown?

4. To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

4. Who has inspired in you these words? Whose spirit spoke from your mouth?

5. Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

5. The shades of the deep are terrified, the waters and their inhabitants tremble.

6. Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

6. Sheol is naked before God; destruction lies uncovered.

7. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

7. Over the void he spreads out the northern skies; over emptiness he suspends the earth.

8. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

8. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst their seams.

9. He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

9. He covers the face of the moon and spreads his clouds over it.

10. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

10. On the face of the waters he draws the horizon as a boundary between light and darkness.

11. The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

11. The pillars of the heavens quake, stunned at his thunderous rebuke.

12. He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

12. By his power he stilled the sea; by his wisdom he smote Rahab.

13. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

13. By his wind the skies were cleared; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

14. Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

14. These are but hints of his power; a whisper is all that we hear of him. But who can understand the thunder of his might?