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The spirits of the dead writhe in pain underneath the waters,
along with all those who dwell there.
Hell[a] is naked before God,
and there is nowhere to hide in the place of destruction.[b]

He stretches out the northern sky across the emptiness.
He suspends the earth on nothing.
He encloses water in his clouds,
but the clouds are not broken apart by its weight.
He dims the face of the full moon by veiling it with his clouds.
10 He drew a circle around the surface of the waters.
It marks the boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens shake.
They are stunned by his rebuke.
12 By his power he calmed[c] the sea.
By his understanding he smashed Rahab.[d]
13 By his breath the skies became beautiful.
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.[e]

14 But all these are just the fringe of his ways!
How faint a whisper we hear of him!
Who understands his power, which is displayed in the thunder?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Or the grave or death. The Hebrew reads sheol.
  2. Job 26:6 Hebrew abaddon
  3. Job 26:12 Or stirred up
  4. Job 26:12 Rahab is a monster that symbolizes the power of the sea.
  5. Job 26:13 Perhaps this name for Leviathan here refers to a constellation like Draco, the dragon.