Job 26

Job Rebukes Bildad

¹Then Job responded,

²“What a help you are to the weak![#26:2 Lit no strength]

You have saved the arm without strength!

³“What advice you have given to one without wisdom!

What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!

⁴“To whom have you uttered words?

And whose spirit was expressed through you?

The Greatness of God

⁵¶“The departed spirits are made to tremble[#26:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim]

Under the waters and their inhabitants.

⁶“Sheol is naked before Him,[#26:6 I.e., the netherworld]

And Abaddon has no covering.

⁷“He stretches out the north over empty space

And hangs the earth on nothing.

⁸“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,

And the cloud does not burst under them.

⁹“He obscures the face of the full moon[#26:9 Lit covers; #26:9 Or throne]

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“With His power He quieted the sea,

And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

¹³“By His breath the heavens are cleared;[#26:13 Lit beauty]

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?”