Job 26

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 But Job answered and said,	1 Then Job spoke again and said:
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?	2 What help you give to the powerless, what strength to the feeble arm!
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?	3 How you counsel, as though he had no wisdom; how profuse is the advice you offer!
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?	4 With whose help have you uttered those words, and whose is the breath that comes forth from you?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.	5 The shades beneath writhe in terror, the waters, and their inhabitants.
6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.	6 Naked before him is the nether world, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, 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 thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.	8 He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not rent by their weight;
9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.	9 He holds back the appearance of the full moon by spreading his clouds before it.
10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night 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 are astonished at his reproof.	11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are stunned at his thunderous rebuke;
12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.	12 By his power he stirs up the sea, and by his might he crushes Rahab;
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked 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 are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?	14 Lo, these are but the outlines of his ways, and how faint is the word we hear!