Job 26

Job Rebukes Bildad

1 Then Job responded,

2 “What a help you are to ^{▼▼Lit no strength
,} ^bthe weak!
You have saved the arm ^cwithout strength!
3 “What advice you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly ^{▼▼Lit made known}provided!
4 “To whom have you uttered words?
And whose ^{▼▼Lit breath has gone forth}spirit was expressed through you?

The Greatness of God

5 “The ^{▼▼Or shades; Heb Rephaim
,} ^gdeparted spirits are made to tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 “ ^{▼▼I.e., the netherworld
,} ⁱSheol is naked before Him,
And ^{▼▼I.e., the place of destruction
,} ^kAbaddon has no covering.
7 “He ^lstretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
8 “He ^mwraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
9 “He ^{▼▼Lit covers
,} ^oobscures the face of the ^{▼▼Or throne}full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 “He has inscribed a ^qcircle on the surface of the waters
At the ^rboundary of light and darkness.
11 “The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.
12 “With His power He ^squieted the sea,
And by His ^tunderstanding He shattered ^{▼▼I.e., a sea monster, not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2
,} ^vRahab.
13 “By His breath the ^wheavens are ^{▼▼Lit beauty}cleared;
His hand has pierced ^ythe fleeing serpent.
14 “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint ^za word we hear of Him!
But His mighty ^aathunder, who can understand?”