1 B ut Job answered,

Then Job answered and said,

2 H ow you have helped him who is without power! How you have sustained the arm that is without strength!

How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

3 H ow you have counseled him who has no wisdom! And how plentifully you have declared to him sound knowledge!

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4 W ith whose assistance have you uttered these words? And whose spirit came forth from you?

To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

5 T he shades of the dead tremble underneath the waters and their inhabitants.

They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

6 S heol (the place of the dead) is naked before God, and Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering.

Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.

7 H e it is Who spreads out the northern skies over emptiness and hangs the earth upon or over nothing.

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8 H e holds the waters bound in His clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

9 H e covers the face of His throne and spreads over it His cloud.

He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10 H e has placed an enclosing limit upon the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

11 T he pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

12 H e stills or stirs up the sea by His power, and by His understanding He smites proud Rahab.

He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

13 B y His breath the heavens are garnished; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

14 Y et these are but the outskirts of His ways or the mere fringes of His force, the faintest whisper of His voice! Who dares contemplate or who can understand the thunders of His full, magnificent power?

Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?