Job 26
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job Rebukes Bildad
1Then JobH347 1respondedH6030H559,2“WhatH4100 a helpH5826 you are to 23the weakH3808! How you have savedH3467 the armH2220 4withoutH3808 strengthH5797!3WhatH4100 counselH3289 you have givenH3289 to one withoutH3808 wisdomH2451! What helpfulH8454 insightH8454 you have abundantlyH7230 5providedH3045!4To whomH4310 have you utteredH5046 wordsH4405? And whoseH4310 6spiritH5397 was expressedH3318 throughH4480 you?
The Greatness of God
5“The 78departedH7496 spiritsH7496 trembleH2342 UnderH8478 the watersH4325 and their inhabitantsH7931.6NakedH6174 is 910SheolH7585 beforeH5048 Him, And 1112AbaddonH11 hasH369 noH369 coveringH3682.7He 13stretchesH5186 out the northH6828 overH5921 emptyH8414 spaceH8414 And hangsH8518 the earthH776 on nothingH1099.8He 14wrapsH6887 up the watersH4325 in His cloudsH5645, And the cloudH6051 does not burstH1234 underH8478 them.9He 1516obscuresH270 the faceH6440 of the 17fullH3677 moonH3677 And spreadsH6576 His cloudH6051 overH5921 it.10He has inscribedH2328 a 18circleH2328 on the surfaceH6440 of the watersH4325 At the 19boundaryH8503 of lightH216 and darknessH2822.11The pillarsH5982 of heavenH8064 trembleH7514 And are amazedH8539 at His rebukeH1606.12He 20quietedH7280 the seaH3220 with His powerH3581, And by His 21understandingH8394 He shatteredH4272 22RahabH7293.13By His breathH7307 the 23heavensH8064 are 24clearedH8235; His handH3027 has piercedH2490 25the fleeingH1281 serpentH5175.14BeholdH2005, theseH428 are the fringesH7098 of His waysH1870; And howH4100 faintH8102 26a wordH1697 we hearH8085 of Him! But His mightyH1369 27thunderH7482, whoH4310 can understandH995?”
Notes
- 1. Job 26:1 Lit responded and said ↩
- 2. Job 26:2 Lit no power ↩
- 3. Job 26:2 Job 6:11, 12 ↩
- 4. Job 26:2 Ps 71:9 ↩
- 5. Job 26:3 Lit made known ↩
- 6. Job 26:4 Lit breath has gone forth ↩
- 7. Job 26:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim ↩
- 8. Job 26:5 Job 3:13; Ps 88:10 ↩
- 9. Job 26:6 I.e. the nether world ↩
- 10. Job 26:6 Job 9:5-10; 26:6-14; 38:17; 41:11 ↩
- 11. Job 26:6 I.e. place of destruction ↩
- 12. Job 26:6 Job 28:22; 31:12 ↩
- 13. Job 26:7 Job 9:8 ↩
- 14. Job 26:8 Job 37:11; Prov 30:4 ↩
- 15. Job 26:9 Lit covers ↩
- 16. Job 26:9 Job 22:14; Ps 97:2; 105:39 ↩
- 17. Job 26:9 Or throne ↩
- 18. Job 26:10 Job 38:1-11; Prov 8:29 ↩
- 19. Job 26:10 Job 38:19, 20, 24 ↩
- 20. Job 26:12 Is 51:15; Jer 31:35 ↩
- 21. Job 26:12 Job 12:13 ↩
- 22. Job 26:12 Job 9:13 ↩
- 23. Job 26:13 Job 9:8 ↩
- 24. Job 26:13 Lit made beautiful ↩
- 25. Job 26:13 Is 27:1 ↩
- 26. Job 26:14 Job 4:12 ↩
- 27. Job 26:14 Job 36:29; 37:4, 5 ↩
Commentaries on Job 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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