1 In reply, Job responded: ISV — Job 26:1
2 “What a help you are to the weak! How powerfully you deliver those without strength! ISV — Job 26:2
3 What counsel you provide to the fool! What insight you provide so abundantly! ISV — Job 26:3
4 Who helped you say all of this? Who inspired you?” ISV — Job 26:4
5 “The ghosts of the dead a26:5 Lit. Rephaim; i.e., souls of the dead writhe under the waters along with those who live there with them. ISV — Job 26:5
6 Sheol b26:6 i.e. the realm of the afterlife is naked before God c26:6 Lit. him and Abaddon d26:6 i.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife has no clothes. ISV — Job 26:6
7 He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing. ISV — Job 26:7
8 “He restricts the waters within clouds and the clouds don’t burst open under them. ISV — Job 26:8
9 He has enclosed the face of the full moon and spread his clouds over it. ISV — Job 26:9
10 He has delimited a boundary e26:10 Lit. statute over the surface of the oceans as a limit between light and darkness. ISV — Job 26:10
11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. ISV — Job 26:11
12 By his power he disturbs the sea; and with his skill he shatters the sea monster. f26:12 Lit. shattered Rahab ISV — Job 26:12
13 he clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent. ISV — Job 26:13
14 Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we’ve heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?” ISV — Job 26:14