Chapter 26
1 Then Job answered ,
2 " How have you helped him who is without power ! How have you saved the arm that has no strength !
3 How have you counselled him who has no wisdom , and plentifully declared sound knowledge !
4 To whom have you uttered words ? Whose spirit came out of you ?
5 " The departed spirits tremble , those beneath the waters and all that live in them .
6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering .
7 He stretches out the north over empty space , and hangs the earth on nothing .
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds , and the cloud is not burst under them .
9 He encloses the face of his throne , and spreads his cloud on it .
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters , and to the confines of light and darkness .
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke .
12 He stirs up the sea with his power , and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab .
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished . His hand has pierced the swift serpent .
14 Behold , these are but the outskirts of his ways . How small a whisper do we hear of him ! But the thunder of his power who can understand ?"