Job 26

Job 26

Sarcasm

1Then Job said:

2How well you have helped the weak,

3advised one lacking wisdom,

4With whom have you spoken;[#26.4 Or told words]

whose breath was expelled from you?

Truth about God

5The dead writhe,

the inhabitants beneath the waters as well.

6The grave is naked before God;[#26.6 Heb Sheol]

the underworld lacks covering.

7He stretched the North over chaos,[#26.7 Heb Zaphon]

hung earth over nothing;

8wrapped up water in his clouds,

9hid the face of the full moon,[#26.9 Or throne ; Heb uncertain]

10traced a circle on the water’s surface,

11Heaven’s pillars shook,

terrified by his blast.

12By his power he stilled the Sea;

split Rahab with his cleverness.

13Due to his wind, heaven became clear;

his hand split the fleeing serpent.

14Look, these are only the outer fringe of his ways;

we hear only a whispered word about him.

Who can understand his thunderous power?

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