Parallel Bible results for "Job 26"

Job 26

1 Job answered:

1 Then Job replied:

2 "Well, you've certainly been a great help to a helpless man! You came to the rescue just in the nick of time!

2 “How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!

3 What wonderful advice you've given to a mixed-up man! What amazing insights you've provided!

3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!

4 Where in the world did you learn all this? How did you become so inspired?

4 Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?

5 "All the buried dead are in torment, and all who've been drowned in the deep, deep sea.

5 “The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

6 Hell is ripped open before God, graveyards dug up and exposed.

6 The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.

7 He spreads the skies over unformed space, hangs the earth out in empty space.

7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.

8 He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags and the bags don't burst.

8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

9 He makes the moon wax and wane, putting it through its phases.

9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.

10 He draws the horizon out over the ocean, sets a boundary between light and darkness.

10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.

11 Thunder crashes and rumbles in the skies. Listen! It's God raising his voice!

11 The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.

12 By his power he stills sea storms, by his wisdom he tames sea monsters.

12 By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.

13 With one breath he clears the sky, with one finger he crushes the sea serpent.

13 By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.

14 And this is only the beginning, a mere whisper of his rule. Whatever would we do if he really raised his voice!"

14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”