Job 26
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Then Job answered and said:
1Then Job answered:
2How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
5The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
6The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering.
6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.
9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.
11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.
12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.
13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?
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?”
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