# Job 26 ## Job: Who Can Understand God’s Majesty? 1 Then Job answered: - 2 “How you have helped the powerless - and saved the arm that is feeble! - 3 How you have counseled the unwise - and provided fully sound insight! - 4 To whom have you uttered these words? - And whose spirit spoke through you? - 5 The dead tremble — - those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. - 6 Sheol is [[H6174|naked]] before God, - and Abaddon {"Abaddon"  means "Destruction" } has no covering. - 7 He stretches out the north over empty space; - He hangs the earth upon nothing. - 8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, - yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. - 9 He covers the face of the full moon, {Or "of His throne "} - spreading over it His cloud. - 10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters - at the boundary between light and darkness. - 11 The foundations of heaven quake, - astounded at His rebuke. - 12 By His power He stirred {Or "stilled" } the sea; - by His understanding He shattered Rahab. - 13 By His breath the skies were cleared; - His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. {Hebrew "nachash" ; translated in most cases as "snake"} - 14 Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; - how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! - Who then can understand - the thunder of His power?” --- - Previous chapter: [[Job_25]] - Next chapter: [[Job_27]] - TOC: [[TOC_Job]] --- The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (https://bereanbible.com), BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub (https://biblehub.com), Discovery Bible (https://discoverybible.com), OpenBible.com (https://openbible.com), and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). ---