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The Book of Job

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- Chapter 26 -

Job: The weakness of man and the majesty of God

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Then Job answered and said,
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“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
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How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
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With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
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The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
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Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him.
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He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
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He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
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He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
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He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
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By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
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See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
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Job: The weakness of man and the majesty of God

1
Then Job answered,
2
“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
3
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
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“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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Sheol (a) is naked before God, and Abaddon(b) has no covering.
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He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
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He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
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He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
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He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
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By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
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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?”

Footnotes

(a)26:6 Sheol is the place of the dead.
(b)26:6 Abaddon means Destroyer.
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