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Old Testament · Chapter 26 of 42

Job 26

Iyov

But Job answered and said,

2How hast thou helped {him that is} without power? {how} savest thou the arm {that hath} no strength?

3How hast thou counselled {him that hath} no wisdom? and {how} hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

5Dead {things} are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. {and the...: or, with the inhabitants}

6Hell {is} naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, {and} hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

9He holdeth back the face of his throne, {and} spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. {until...: Heb. until the end of light with darkness}

11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. {the proud: Heb. pride}

13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

14Lo, these {are} parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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About Job

A righteous man loses everything and spends 37 chapters arguing with friends who explain too much and with a God who answers in questions. The hardest and most honest poem in the Bible about suffering.