Job 26
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Chapter overview
Job asks how his friends have helped the powerless, then outdoes their descriptions with his own. The dead tremble beneath the waters, the earth hangs upon nothing, the clouds hold water without bursting, and the sea is stilled by God's power. All of this, he says, is only the outer fringe of his ways.
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1And Job answers and says:
2“How you have helped the powerless, || Saved an arm not strong!
3How you have given counsel to the unwise, || And made known wise plans in abundance.
4With whom have you declared words? And whose breath came forth from you?
5The Rephaim are formed, || Also their inhabitants beneath the waters.
6Sheol [is] naked before Him, || And there is no covering to destruction.
7Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,
8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, || And the cloud is not burst under them.
9Taking hold of the face of the throne, || Spreading His cloud over it.
10He has placed a limit on the waters, || To the boundary of light with darkness.
11Pillars of the heavens tremble, || And they wonder because of His rebuke.
12By His power He has quieted the sea, || And by His understanding struck the proud.
13He beautified the heavens by His Spirit, || His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.
14Behold, these [are] the borders of His way, and how little a matter is heard of Him, and who understands the thunder of His might?”
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