1 T hen Job answered,

¶ Job answered and said,

2 “ What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm that has no 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 given wise words to him who has no wisdom! How much true learning you have given!

How hast thou counselled the one that has no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

4 T o whom have your words been said? And from whose spirit have you spoken?

To whom hast thou uttered words, and whose is the spirit that comes forth from thee?

5 “ The spirits of the dead shake under the waters and those living in them.

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

6 T he place of the dead has no covering before God and the place that destroys has no covering.

Sheol is naked before him, and hell has no covering.

7 H e spreads out the north over empty waste, and hangs the earth on nothing.

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

8 H e holds the waters in His clouds, and the cloud does not break 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 the moon and spreads His cloud over it.

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

10 H e has marked the sides around the waters where light and darkness are divided.

He has compassed the waters with bounds until the end of light and darkness.

11 T he pillars of heaven shake with fear. They are surprised and afraid of His sharp words.

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

12 H e made the sea quiet by His power. And by His understanding He destroyed Rahab.

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

13 B y His breath the heavens are made beautiful. His hand cut through the snake as it tried to get away.

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

14 S ee, these are only a few of the things He does. And how quiet are the words spoken about Him! But who can understand His powerful thunder?”

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?