1 T hen Job answered,

But 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 him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath 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 him that hath 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 spirit came from thee?

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

Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

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

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

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

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

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

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

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 divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

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 hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked 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?”

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?