Add parallel Print Page Options

26 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Job, at nagsabi,

Paano mong tinulungan siya na walang kapangyarihan! Paano mong iniligtas ang kamay na walang lakas!

Paano mong pinayuhan siya na walang karunungan, at saganang ipinahayag mo ang mabuting kaalaman!

Kanino mo binigkas ang mga salita? At kanino ang diwa na lumabas sa iyo?

Ang mga patay ay nanginginig sa ilalim ng tubig, at ang mga nananahan doon.

Ang Sheol ay hubad sa harap ng Dios, at ang Abaddon ay walang takip.

Kaniyang iniuunat ang hilagaan sa pagitang walang laman, at ibinibitin ang lupa sa wala.

Kaniyang itinatali ang tubig sa kaniyang masinsing alapaap; at ang alapaap ay hindi nahahapak sa ilalim nila.

Kaniyang tinatakpan ang ibabaw ng kaniyang luklukan, at iniladlad ang kaniyang mga alapaap sa ibabaw niyaon.

10 Siya'y gumuguhit ng isang hangganan sa ibabaw ng tubig, hanggang sa pinagsasalikupan ng liwanag at kadiliman.

11 Ang mga haligi ng langit ay nagsisipanginig. At nangatitigilan sa kaniyang saway.

12 Kaniyang pinapag-iinalon ang dagat ng kaniyang kapangyarihan, at sa kaniyang kaalaman ay sinasaktan niya ang Rahab.

13 Sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang Espiritu ay ginayakan niya ang langit; sinaksak ng kaniyang mga kamay ang maliksing ahas.

14 Narito, ang mga ito ang mga gilid lamang ng kaniyang mga daan: at pagkarahan ng bulong na ating naririnig sa kaniya! Nguni't sinong makakaunawa ng kulog ng kaniyang kapangyarihan?

'Job 26 ' not found for the version: Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version.

Job

26 Then Job replied:

“How you have helped the powerless!(A)
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!(B)
What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight(C) you have displayed!
Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(D)

“The dead are in deep anguish,(E)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The realm of the dead(F) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](G) lies uncovered.(H)
He spreads out the northern skies(I) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(J)
He wraps up the waters(K) in his clouds,(L)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
He covers the face of the full moon,
    spreading his clouds(M) over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(N)
    for a boundary between light and darkness.(O)
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,(P)
    aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;(Q)
    by his wisdom(R) he cut Rahab(S) to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies(T) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(U)
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper(V) we hear of him!(W)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(X)

Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon

Job’s Defense

God Sets a Boundary Between Light and Darkness

26 1-4 Job answered:

“Well, you’ve certainly been a great help to a helpless man!
    You came to the rescue just in the nick of time!
What wonderful advice you’ve given to a mixed-up man!
    What amazing insights you’ve provided!
Where in the world did you learn all this?
    How did you become so inspired?

5-14 “All the buried dead are in torment,
    and all who’ve been drowned in the deep, deep sea.
Hell is ripped open before God,
    graveyards dug up and exposed.
He spreads the skies over unformed space,
    hangs the earth out in empty space.
He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags
    and the bags don’t burst.
He makes the moon wax and wane,
    putting it through its phases.
He draws the horizon out over the ocean,
    sets a boundary between light and darkness.
Thunder crashes and rumbles in the skies.
    Listen! It’s God raising his voice!
By his power he stills sea storms,
    by his wisdom he tames sea monsters.
With one breath he clears the sky,
    with one finger he crushes the sea serpent.
And this is only the beginning,
    a mere whisper of his rule.
    Whatever would we do if he really raised his voice!”