Job 26
Common English Bible
Sarcasm
26 Then Job said:
2 How well you have helped the weak,
        saved those with frail arms,
3     advised one lacking wisdom,
        informed many with insight!
4 With whom have you spoken;[a]
    whose breath was expelled from you?
Truth about God
5 The dead writhe,
    the inhabitants beneath the waters as well.
6 The grave[b] is naked before God;
    the underworld[c] lacks covering.
7 He stretched the North[d] over chaos,
    hung earth over nothing;
8     wrapped up water in his clouds,
        yet they didn’t burst out below;
9     hid the face of the full moon,[e]
        spreading his cloud over it;
10     traced a circle on the water’s surface,
        at the limit of light and darkness.
11 Heaven’s pillars shook,
    terrified by his blast.
12 By his power he stilled the Sea;
    split Rahab with his cleverness.
13 Due to his wind, heaven became clear;
    his hand split the fleeing serpent.
14 Look, these are only the outer fringe of his ways;
    we hear only a whispered word about him.
    Who can understand his thunderous power?
Job 26
Common English Bible
Sarcasm
26 Then Job said:
2 How well you have helped the weak,
        saved those with frail arms,
3     advised one lacking wisdom,
        informed many with insight!
4 With whom have you spoken;[a]
    whose breath was expelled from you?
Truth about God
5 The dead writhe,
    the inhabitants beneath the waters as well.
6 The grave[b] is naked before God;
    the underworld[c] lacks covering.
7 He stretched the North[d] over chaos,
    hung earth over nothing;
8     wrapped up water in his clouds,
        yet they didn’t burst out below;
9     hid the face of the full moon,[e]
        spreading his cloud over it;
10     traced a circle on the water’s surface,
        at the limit of light and darkness.
11 Heaven’s pillars shook,
    terrified by his blast.
12 By his power he stilled the Sea;
    split Rahab with his cleverness.
13 Due to his wind, heaven became clear;
    his hand split the fleeing serpent.
14 Look, these are only the outer fringe of his ways;
    we hear only a whispered word about him.
    Who can understand his thunderous power?
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