Chapter 26

¹Then Job answered, and said: ²Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength? ³To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence. ⁴Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life? ⁵Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them. ⁶Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction. ⁷He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. ⁸He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together. ⁹He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it. ¹⁰He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end. ¹¹The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck. ¹²By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one. ¹³His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent. ¹⁴Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?