1 T hen Job answered and said,

But Job answered and said:

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

“How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength?

3 H ow hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many?

4 T o whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

5 T hey that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

“The dead tremble, Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.

6 S heol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.

Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering.

7 H e stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.

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

He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it.

9 H e incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He covers the face of His throne, And spreads His cloud over it.

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

He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, At the boundary of light and darkness.

11 T he pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

The pillars of heaven tremble, And are astonished at His rebuke.

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

He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.

13 B y his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

14 L o, 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?

Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?”