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1 Then Job answered:
2 “How you have helped the powerless
and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 How you have counseled the unwise
and provided fully sound insight!
4 To whom have you uttered these words?
And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 The dead tremble—
those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
6 Sheol is naked before God,
and Abaddon*26:6 Abaddon means Destruction. has no covering.
7 He stretches out the north over empty space;
he hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He covers the face of his throne,†26:9 Or of the full moon
spreading over it his cloud.
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The foundations of heaven quake,
astounded at his rebuke.
12 By his power he stilled‡26:12 Or stirred the sea;
by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 By his breath the skies were cleared;
his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.§26:13 Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake
14 Indeed, these are but the fringes of his ways;*26:14 Qere; Ketiv his way
how faint is the whisper we hear of him!
Who then can understand
the thunder of his mighty deeds?Ӡ26:14 Qere; Ketiv his might