Job 26

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Job 26

Job Rebukes Bildad

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“What a help you are to ^(b)^(A)the weak!
How you have saved the arm ^(B)without strength!

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“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly ^(c)provided!

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“To whom have you uttered words?
And whose ^(d)spirit was expressed through you?

The Greatness of God

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“The ^(e)^(C)departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.

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“Naked is ^(f)^(D)Sheol before Him,
And ^(g)^(E)Abaddon has no covering.

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“He ^(F)stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.

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“He ^(G)wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.

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“He ^(h)^(H)obscures the face of the ⁽ⁱ⁾full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.

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“He has inscribed a ^(I)circle on the surface of the waters
At the ^(J)boundary of light and darkness.

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“The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.

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“He ^(K)quieted the sea with His power,
And by His ^(L)understanding He shattered ^(M)Rahab.

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“By His breath the ^(N)heavens are ^(j)cleared;
His hand has pierced ^(O)the fleeing serpent.

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“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint ^(P)a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty ^(Q)thunder, who can understand?”

Footnotes:

a. Job 26:1: ['Lit ', responded and said]

b. Job 26:2: ['Lit ', no power]

c. Job 26:3: ['Lit ', made known]

d. Job 26:4: ['Lit ', breath has gone forth]

e. Job 26:5: ['Or ', shades, '; Heb ', Rephaim]

f. Job 26:6: ['I.e. the nether world']

g. Job 26:6: ['I.e. place of destruction']

h. Job 26:9: ['Lit ', covers]

i. Job 26:9: ['Or ', throne]

j. Job 26:13: ['Lit ', made beautiful]

Cross references:

A. Job 26:2: Job 6:11; Job 6:12

B. Job 26:2: Psalm 71:9

C. Job 26:5: Job 3:13; Psalm 88:10

D. Job 26:6: Job 9:5-10; Job 26:6-14; Job 38:17; Job 41:11

E. Job 26:6: Job 28:22; Job 31:12

F. Job 26:7: Job 9:8

G. Job 26:8: Job 37:11; Proverbs 30:4

H. Job 26:9: Job 22:14; Psalm 97:2; Psalm 105:39

I. Job 26:10: Job 38:1-11; Proverbs 8:29

J. Job 26:10: Job 38:19; Job 38:20; Job 38:24

K. Job 26:12: Isaiah 51:15; Jeremiah 31:35

L. Job 26:12: Job 12:13

M. Job 26:12: Job 9:13

N. Job 26:13: Job 9:8

O. Job 26:13: Isaiah 27:1

P. Job 26:14: Job 4:12

Q. Job 26:14: Job 36:29; Job 37:4; Job 37:5