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[1] Then Job answered,
[2] “How have you helped him who is without power!
How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
[3] How have you counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
[4] To whom have you uttered words?
Whose spirit came out of you? [5] “The departed spirits tremble,
those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
[6] Sheolⓘ is naked before God,
and Abaddonⓘ has no covering.
[7] He stretches out the north over empty space,
and hangs the earth on nothing.
[8] He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not burst under them.
[9] He encloses the face of his throne,
and spreads his cloud on it.
[10] He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters,
and to the confines of light and darkness.
[11] The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astonished at his rebuke.
[12] He stirs up the sea with his power,
and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
[13] By his Spirit the heavens are garnished.
His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
[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?”
[2] “How have you helped him who is without power!
How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
[3] How have you counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
[4] To whom have you uttered words?
Whose spirit came out of you? [5] “The departed spirits tremble,
those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
[6] Sheolⓘ is naked before God,
and Abaddonⓘ has no covering.
[7] He stretches out the north over empty space,
and hangs the earth on nothing.
[8] He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not burst under them.
[9] He encloses the face of his throne,
and spreads his cloud on it.
[10] He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters,
and to the confines of light and darkness.
[11] The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astonished at his rebuke.
[12] He stirs up the sea with his power,
and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
[13] By his Spirit the heavens are garnished.
His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
[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?”
Footnotes
- ⓘ 26:6a Sheol is the place of the dead.
- ⓘ 26:6b Abaddon means Destroyer.
King James Version
Job’s Reply
[1] But Job H347 answered H6030 (QalImpf) and said, H559 (QalImpf)[2] How hast thou helped H5826 (QalPerf) him that is without power? H3581
How savest H3467 (HiphPerf) thou the arm H2220 that hath no H3808 strength? H5797
[3] How hast thou counselled H3289 (QalPerf) him that hath no H3808 wisdom? H2451
And how hast thou plentifully H7230 declared H3045 (HiphPerf) the thing as it is? H8454
[4] To whom hast thou uttered H5046 (HiphPerf) words? H4405
And whose spirit H5397 came H3318 (QalPerf) from thee?
[5] Dead H7496 things are formed H2342 (PoleImpf)
From under the waters, H4325 and the inhabitants H7931 (QalActPtc)§ thereof.
[6] Hell H7585 is naked H6174 before him,
And destruction H11 hath no covering. H3682
[7] He stretcheth out H5186 (QalActPtc) the north H6828 over the empty place, H8414
And hangeth H8518 (QalActPtc) the earth H776 upon nothing. H1099
[8] He bindeth up H6887 (QalActPtc) the waters H4325 in his thick clouds; H5645
And the cloud H6051 is not rent H1234 (NiphPerf) under them.
[9] He holdeth back H270 (PielPtc) the face H6440 of his throne, H3678
And spreadeth H6576 (PilePerf) his cloud H6051 upon it.
[10] He hath compassed H2328 (QalPerf) the waters H6440 with bounds, H2706
Until the day H216 and night H2822§ come to an end. H8503
[11] The pillars H5982 of heaven H8064 tremble H7322 (PoleImpf)
And are astonished H8539 (QalImpf) at his reproof. H1606
[12] He divideth H7280 (QalPerf) the sea H3220 with his power, H3581
And by his understanding H8394 (Qere) he smiteth H4272 (QalPerf) through the proud. H7293§
[13] By his spirit H7307 he hath garnished H8235 (PielPerf) the heavens; H8064
His hand H3027 hath formed H2342 (PolePerf) the crooked H1281 serpent. H5175
[14] Lo, these are parts H7098 of his ways: H1870
But how little H8102 a portion H1697 is heard H8085 (NiphPerf) of him?
But the thunder H7482 of his power H1369 who can understand? H995 (HiplImpf)
Footnotes
- § 26:5 Or, with the inhabitants
- § 26:10 Heb. until the end of light with darkness
- § 26:12 Heb. pride
Byzantine Greek New Testament
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