How you^[d] have assisted the arm that has no strength!^[e]

³ How you^[f] have advised one who has no wisdom!^[g]

And what sound wisdom you^[h] have made known in abundance!^[i]

⁴ With whose help^[j] have you^[k] uttered words,

and whose breath has come forth from you?^[l]

⁵ “The spirits of the dead tremble

below the waters and their inhabitants.

⁶ Sheol is naked before him,

and there is no covering for Abaddon.

⁷ He stretches out the north over emptiness;

he hangs the earth over nothing.^[m]

⁸ He ties up the water in its clouds,

and the cloud is not torn open beneath it.^[n]

⁹ He covers the face of the full moon;^[o]

he spreads his cloud over it.

¹⁰ He has described a circle^[p] on the face of the water

between light and darkness.^[q]

¹¹ “The pillars of heaven tremble,

and they are astounded at his rebuke.

¹² By his power he stilled the sea,

and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

¹³ By his breath the heavens were made clear;^[r]

his hand pierced the fleeing snake.

¹⁴ Look, these are the outer fringes of his ways,

and how faint is the word^[s] that we hear of him!

But^[t] who can understand the thunder of his power?”

Footnotes

1. Job 26:1 Hebrew “And”
2. Job 26:2 Singular
3. Job 26:2 Literally “for not power”
4. Job 26:2 Singular
5. Job 26:2 Literally “not strength”
6. Job 26:3 Singular
7. Job 26:3 Literally “for not wisdom”
8. Job 26:3 Singular
9. Job 26:3 Literally “as far as the multitude,” or “for multitude”
10. Job 26:4 Literally “With whom”
11. Job 26:4 Singular
12. Job 26:4 Singular
13. Job 26:7 Literally “over not what”
14. Job 26:8 Hebrew “them”; antecedent for “them” is “water” (literally “waters”)
15. Job 26:9 Text reads “throne”; “full moon” is based on a change of the vowels
16. Job 26:10 NRSV; literally “a limit he has circled”
17. Job 26:10 Literally “at the end of light with darkness”
18. Job 26:13 Literally “heavens clearness”
19. Job 26:14 Literally “how whisper of word”
20. Job 26:14 Hebrew “And”