Job 26

Job’s Ninth Speech: A Response to Bildad 1

Then Job answered and said,

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“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!

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How you have advised one who has no wisdom! And what sound wisdom you have made known in abundance!

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

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“The spirits of the dead tremble below the waters and their inhabitants.

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Sheol is naked before him, and there is no covering for Abaddon.

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He stretches out the north over emptiness; he hangs the earth over nothing.

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He ties up the water in its clouds, and the cloud is not torn open beneath it.

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He covers the face of the full moon; he spreads his cloud over it.

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He has described a circle on the face of the water between light and darkness.

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“The pillars of heaven tremble, and they are astounded at his rebuke.

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By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

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By his breath the heavens were made clear; his hand pierced the fleeing snake.

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Look, these are the outer fringes of his ways, and how faint is the word that we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”