Job 26

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Then Job answered, and said:	1 Then Job spoke again and said:
2 Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?	2 What help you give to the powerless, what strength to the feeble arm!
3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.	3 How you counsel, as though he had no wisdom; how profuse is the advice you offer!
4 Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?	4 With whose help have you uttered those words, and whose is the breath that comes forth from you?
5 Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.	5 The shades beneath writhe in terror, the waters, and their inhabitants.
6 Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.	6 Naked before him is the nether world, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.	7 He stretches out the North over empty space, and suspends the earth over nothing at all;
8 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.	8 He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not rent by their weight;
9 He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.	9 He holds back the appearance of the full moon by spreading his clouds before it.
10 He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.	10 He has marked out a circle on the surface of the deep as the boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.	11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are stunned at his thunderous rebuke;
12 By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.	12 By his power he stirs up the sea, and by his might he crushes Rahab;
13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.	13 With his angry breath he scatters the waters, and he hurls the lightning against them relentlessly; His hand pierces the fugitive dragon as from his hand it strives to flee.
14 Lo, 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?	14 Lo, these are but the outlines of his ways, and how faint is the word we hear!