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“The [a](A)departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
Naked is (B)Sheol before Him,
And [b](C)Abaddon has no covering.
He (D)stretches out the north over what is formless
And hangs the earth on nothing.
He (E)wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not break out under them.
He [c](F)obscures the face of His [d]throne
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 He has marked a (G)circle on the surface of the waters
At the (H)boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble
And are astonished at His rebuke.
12 He (I)quieted the sea with His power,
And by His (J)understanding He crushed (K)Rahab.
13 By His breath the (L)heavens are made beautiful;
His hand has pierced (M)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how only with a whisper of (N)a word do we hear of Him!
But His mighty (O)thunder, who can understand?”

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  1. Job 26:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim
  2. Job 26:6 Lit the realm of destruction
  3. Job 26:9 Lit covers
  4. Job 26:9 Or full moon

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon