Job 26:1

Job’s Ninth Speech: A Response to Bildad

1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 26:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 26:1

But Job answered
In a very sharp and biting manner; one would wonder that a man in such circumstances should have so much keenness of spirit, and deal in so much irony, and be master of so much satire, and be able to laugh at his antagonist in the manner he does:

and said;
as follows.

Job 26:1 In-Context

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 "How you have helped {one who has no power}! [How] you have assisted [the] arm {that has no strength}!

3 How you have advised {one who has no wisdom}! And [what] sound wisdom you have made known {in abundance}!

4 {With whose help} have you uttered words, and whose breath has come forth from you?

5 "The spirits of the dead tremble below [the] waters and their inhabitants.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "And"