Job 26 The Amalgamation

Then Job spoke out saying:

How you have helped, without power!

   Saved, with arms lacking any strength!

How you have counseled, without wisdom!

   Advised, with no experience!

Who have your uttered words helped?

   Whose life has blossomed because of you?

 

(Eliphaz continued.)

The shades tremble beneath,

   The waters and their inhabitants (denizens).

Death (Sheol) is naked before God,

   Destruction (Abaddon) has no cover.

He stretched out the heavens over the void,

   Suspends the earth over nothingness.

He bound up the waters in His thick clouds,

   The vapory clouds do not burst below them.

He covered the views of the throne of God,

   Spreading His cloud over it.

He has scribed the limits of the waters,

   The boundaries of light and darkness.

The pillars of heaven trembled,

   Astounded at His rebuke.

By his might He quelled the sea (Yamm),

   By His understanding He smote the storm (Rahab).

By His spirit He contained the waters (Yamm),

   His hand pierced the elusive chaos (Dragon).

Lo, these are merely glimpses of His exploits,

   Faint whispers we hear of Him,

      Who could contemplate even the power of His thunder?

 

Job 258