Job 26:1
Then Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559,
Job 26:2
“What H4100 a help H5826 you are to the one without power H3808!
How you have saved H3467 the arm H2220 without H3808 strength H5797!
Job 26:3
“What H4100 counsel H3289 you have given H3289 to one without H3808 wisdom H2451!
What sound H8454 wisdom H8454 you have abundantly H7230 made H3045 known H3045!
Job 26:4
“To whom H4310 have you declared H5046 words H4405?
And whose H4310 breath H5397 comes H3318 out H3318 from H4480 you?
Job 26:5
“The [fn]departed H7496 spirits H7496 tremble H2342
Under H8478 the waters H4325 and their inhabitants H7931.
Job 26:6
“Naked H6174 is Sheol H7585 before H5048 Him,
And [fn]Abaddon H11 has H369 no H369 covering H3682.
Job 26:7
“He stretches H5186 out H5186 the north H6828 over H5921 what is formless H8414
And hangs H8518 the earth H776 on nothing H1099.
Job 26:8
“He wraps H6887 up H6887 the waters H4325 in His clouds H5645,
And the cloud H6051 does not break H1234 out H1234 under H8478 them.
Job 26:9
“He [fn]obscures H270 the face H6440 of His [fn]throne H3677
And spreads H6576 His cloud H6051 over H5921 it.
Job 26:10
“He has marked H2328 a circle H2328 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325
At the boundary H8503 of light H216 and darkness H2822.
Job 26:11
“The pillars H5982 of heaven H8064 tremble H7322
And are H8539 astonished H8539 at His rebuke H1606.
Job 26:12
“He quieted H7280 the sea H3220 with His power H3581,
And by His understanding H8394 He crushed H4272 Rahab H7293.
Job 26:13
“By His breath H7307 the heavens H8064 are made beautiful H8235;
His hand H3027 has pierced H2490 the fleeing H1281 serpent H5175.
Job 26:14
“Behold H2005, these H428 are the fringes H7098 of His ways H1870;
And how H4100 only with a whisper H8102 of a word H1697 do we hear H8085 of Him!
But His mighty H1369 thunder H7482, who H4310 can understand H995?”
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