| 26:1: Then Job answered, |
| 26:2: "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength! |
| 26:3: How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge! |
| 26:4: To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you? |
| 26:5: "Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them. |
| 26:6: Sheol{Sheol is the lower world or the grave.} is naked before God, And Abaddon{Abaddon means Destroyer.} has no covering. |
| 26:7: He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 26:8: He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them. |
| 26:9: He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it. |
| 26:10: He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness. |
| 26:11: The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke. |
| 26:12: He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab. |
| 26:13: By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent. |
| 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?" |
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