1 B ut Job answered,

¶ 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 the one who has no power? Hast thou saved with thy arm the one who has 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 the one that has no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

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 is the spirit that comes forth from thee?

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

¶ Dead things are formed under the waters and of its dwelling places.

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 him, and hell has no covering.

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

He stretches out the north wind over the empty place and hangs the earth upon nothing.

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

He binds 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 holds back the face of his throne and spreads his cloud upon it.

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

He has compassed the waters with bounds until the end 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 reproof.

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

He divides the sea with his power, and by his intelligence he smites its pride.

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

By his spirit he has adorned the heavens; his hand has formed the fleeing 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?

Behold, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion have we heard of him? For the thunder of his power, who shall understand?