Job 26
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Then Job answered:
1Then Job answered, and said:
2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
2Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
3To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
4Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
5The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
5Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
6Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.
7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
7He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
8He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
9He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
10He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
11The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
12By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
13His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
14Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
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