Job 26

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Then Job spoke again and said:	1 But Job answered and said,
2 What help you give to the powerless, what strength to the feeble arm!	2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 How you counsel, as though he had no wisdom; how profuse is the advice you offer!	3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 With whose help have you uttered those words, and whose is the breath that comes forth from you?	4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 The shades beneath writhe in terror, the waters, and their inhabitants.	5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
6 Naked before him is the nether world, and Abaddon has no covering.	6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
7 He stretches out the North over empty space, and suspends the earth over nothing at all;	7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not rent by their weight;	8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He holds back the appearance of the full moon by spreading his clouds before it.	9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He has marked out a circle on the surface of the deep as the boundary of light and darkness.	10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are stunned at his thunderous rebuke;	11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 By his power he stirs up the sea, and by his might he crushes Rahab;	12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
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.	13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
14 Lo, these are but the outlines of his ways, and how faint is the word we hear!	14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?