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Job 26
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1But Job answered and said,
1Then Job answered,
2To whom do you attach yourself, or whom are you going to assist? is it not he that [has] much strength, and [he] who has a strong arm?
2“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
3To whom have you given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom will you follow? is it not one who has the greatest power?
3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you?
4To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
5Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof?
5“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.
6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
7He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not torn under it.
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.
9He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.
10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke.
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown.
12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will listen to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ [it]?
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?”