Job Chapter 26 World English Bible

Job 26:1

Then Job answered,

Job 26:2

"How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

Job 26:3

How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

Job 26:4

To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

Job 26:5

"Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

Job 26:6

Sheol{Sheol is the lower world or the grave.} is naked before God, And Abaddon{Abaddon means Destroyer.} has no covering.

Job 26:7

He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 26:8

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.

Job 26:9

He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it.

Job 26:10

He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.

Job 26:11

The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

Job 26:12

He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

Job 26:13

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

Job 26:14

Behold, 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?"