Job 26 YLT
Summary: Job responds with biting sarcasm, asking Bildad how he has helped the powerless or given counsel to the unwise with such a thin speech, before pivoting into his own soaring description of God's power that surpasses anything his friends have offered. He describes the dead trembling beneath the waters, Sheol lying naked before God, the earth hung on nothing, waters bound in thick clouds without bursting, and the pillars of heaven trembling at God's rebuke, including God's power that "stilleth the sea" and pierces the fleeing serpent. Job concludes that even these mighty acts are merely "the outskirts of his ways," the faint whisper of God's full power, which no one can truly comprehend (v. 14).
1And Job answereth and saith: --
2What--thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
3What--thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
4With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
5The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
6Naked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.
7Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
9Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
10A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
11Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
12By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.
13By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.
14Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
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