Job 26:1-13 ▼

1 In reply, Job responded:

2 |What a help you are to the weak! How powerfully you deliver those without strength!

3 What counsel you provide to the fool! What insight you provide so abundantly!

4 Who helped you say all of this? Who inspired you?|

5 |The ghosts of the dead writhe under the waters along with those who live there with them.

6 Sheol is naked before God and Abaddon has no clothes.

7 He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.

8 |He restricts the waters within clouds and the clouds don't burst open under them.

9 He has enclosed the face of the full moon and spread his clouds over it.

10 He has delimited a boundary over the surface of the oceans as a limit between light and darkness.

11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astounded at his rebuke.

12 By his power he disturbs the sea; and with his skill he shatters the sea monster.

13 he clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent.