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World English Bible

Job 26 (WEBP)

[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?”

Job 26:6a Sheol is the place of the dead.
Job 26:6b Abaddon means Destroyer.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 26 (KJVS)

[1] But Job answered () and said, ()
[2] How hast thou helped () him that is without power? How savest () thou the arm that hath no strength?
[3] How hast thou counselled () him that hath no wisdom? And how hast thou plentifully declared () the thing as it is?
[4] To whom hast thou uttered () words? And whose spirit came () from thee?
[5] Dead things are formed () From under the waters, and the inhabitants () thereof.
[6] Hell is naked before him, And destruction hath no covering.
[7] He stretcheth out () the north over the empty place, And hangeth () the earth upon nothing.
[8] He bindeth up () the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent () under them.
[9] He holdeth back () the face of his throne, And spreadeth () his cloud upon it.
[10] He hath compassed () the waters with bounds, Until the day and night come to an end.
[11] The pillars of heaven tremble () And are astonished () at his reproof.
[12] He divideth () the sea with his power, And by his understanding () he smiteth () through the proud.
[13] By his spirit he hath garnished () the heavens; His hand hath formed () the crooked serpent.
[14] Lo, these are parts of his ways: But how little a portion is heard () of him? But the thunder of his power who can understand? ()

Job 26:5 Or, with the inhabitants
Job 26:10 Heb. until the end of light with darkness
Job 26:12 Heb. pride

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 26 (BYZ)

[1] Ὑπολαβὼν () δὲ () Ιωβ () λέγει ()
[2] Τίνι () πρόσκεισαι ἢ () τίνι () μέλλεις () βοηθεῖν; () Πότερον () οὐχ () ᾧ () πολλὴ () ἰσχὺς () καὶ () ᾧ () βραχίων () κραταιός () ἐστιν; ()
[3] Τίνι () συμβεβούλευσαι; () Οὐχ () ᾧ () πᾶσα () σοφία; () Ἢ () τίνι () ἐπακολουθήσεις; () Οὐχ () ᾧ () μεγίστη () δύναμις; ()
[4] Τίνι () ἀνήγγειλας () ῥήματα; () Πνοὴ () δὲ () τίνος () ἐστὶν () ἡ () ἐξελθοῦσα () ἐκ () σοῦ; ()
[5] Μὴ () γίγαντες μαιωθήσονται ὑποκάτωθεν ὕδατος () καὶ () τῶν () γειτόνων () αὐτοῦ; ()
[6] Γυμνὸς () ὁ () ᾅδης () ἐπώπιον αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () περιβόλαιον () τῇ () ἀπωλείᾳ. ()
[7] Ἐκτείνων () βορέαν () ἐπ’ () οὐδέν, () κρεμάζων () γῆν () ἐπὶ () οὐδενός· ()
[8] δεσμεύων () ὕδωρ () ἐν () νεφέλαις () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐρράγη () νέφος () ὑποκάτω () αὐτοῦ· ()
[9] ὁ () κρατῶν () πρόσωπον () θρόνου, () ἐκπετάζων ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () νέφος () αὐτοῦ. ()
[10] Πρόσταγμα ἐγύρωσεν ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () ὕδατος () μέχρι () συντελείας () φωτὸς () μετὰ () σκότους. ()
[11] Στῦλοι () οὐρανοῦ () ἐπετάσθησαν καὶ () ἐξέστησαν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἐπιτιμήσεως αὐτοῦ. ()
[12] Ἰσχύι () κατέπαυσεν () τὴν () θάλασσαν, () ἐπιστήμῃ δὲ () ἔτρωσε τὸ () κῆτος· ()
[13] κλεῖθρα δὲ () οὐρανοῦ () δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν, () προστάγματι δὲ () ἐθανάτωσεν () δράκοντα () ἀποστάτην.
[14] Ἰδοὺ () ταῦτα () μέρη () ὁδοῦ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπὶ () ἰκμάδα () λόγου () ἀκουσόμεθα () ἐν () αὐτῷ· () σθένος δὲ () βροντῆς () αὐτοῦ () τίς () οἶδεν () ὁπότε () ποιήσει; ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.