Job 26
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Then Job answered,
1Then Job answered, and said:
2“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
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 have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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 words? Whose spirit came out of you?
4Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
5“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live 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, and hangs the earth on nothing.
7He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
8He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
9He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
9He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
10He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
11The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
12By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
13His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
14Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
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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