Job 26
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Job 26

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Job: Who Can Understand God’s Majesty?

1Then JobH347H559 answeredH6030:

2“HowH4100 you have helpedH5826 the powerlessH3808H3581and savedH3467 the armH2220 that is feebleH3808H5797!3HowH4100 you have counseledH3289 the unwiseH3808H2451and providedH3045 fully soundH7230 insightH8454!4ToH853 whomH4310 have you utteredH5046 these wordsH4405?And whoseH4310 spiritH5397 spokeH3318 through youH4480?
5The deadH7496 trembleH2342—those beneathH8478 the watersH4325 and those who dwell in themH7931.6SheolH7585 is nakedH6174 beforeH5048 God,and AbaddonH111 has noH369 coveringH3682.7He stretches outH5186 the northH6828 overH5921 empty spaceH8414;He hangsH8518 the earthH776 uponH5921 nothingH1097H4100.8He wraps upH6887 the watersH4325 in His cloudsH5645,yet the cloudsH6051 do notH3808 burstH1234 under their own weightH8478.9He coversH270 the faceH6440 of the full moonH3678,2spreadingH6576 over itH5921 His cloudH6051.10He has inscribedH2328 a horizonH2706 onH5921 the faceH6440 of the watersH4325atH5704 the boundaryH8503 betweenH5973 lightH216 and darknessH2822.11The foundationsH5982 of heavenH8064 quakeH7322,astoundedH8539 at His rebukeH1606.12By His powerH3581 He stirredH72803 the seaH3220;by His understandingH8394 He shatteredH4272 RahabH7294.13By His breathH7307 the skiesH8064 were clearedH8235;His handH3027 piercedH2490 the fleeingH1281 serpentH5175.414IndeedH2005, theseH428 are but the fringesH7098 of His waysH1870;howH4100 faintH8102 is the whisperH1697 we hearH8085 of Him!Who thenH4310 can understandH995the thunderH7482 of His powerH1369?”

Notes

  1. 1. Job 26:6 Abaddon means Destruction. ↩
  2. 2. Job 26:9 Or of His throne ↩
  3. 3. Job 26:12 Or stilled ↩
  4. 4. Job 26:13 Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake ↩

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