Job 26

Job Rebukes Bildad

1Then Job [a]responded,

“What a help you are to [b]the weak!
How you have saved the arm without strength!
“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly [c]provided!
“To whom have you uttered words?
And whose [d]spirit was expressed through you?

The Greatness of God

“The [e]departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
“Naked is [f]Sheol before Him,
And [g]Abaddon has no covering.
“He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
“He [h]obscures the face of the [i]full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 “He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
At the boundary of light and darkness.
11 “The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.
12 “He quieted the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 “By His breath the heavens are [j]cleared;
His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

Footnotes

  1. Job 26:1 Lit responded and said
  2. Job 26:2 Lit no power
  3. Job 26:3 Lit made known
  4. Job 26:4 Lit breath has gone forth
  5. Job 26:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim
  6. Job 26:6 I.e. the nether world
  7. Job 26:6 I.e. place of destruction
  8. Job 26:9 Lit covers
  9. Job 26:9 Or throne
  10. Job 26:13 Lit made beautiful