Job 26
International Standard Version
Job Reasons with Bildad
26 In reply, Job responded:
2 “What a help you are to the weak!
How powerfully you deliver those without strength!
3 What counsel you provide to the fool!
What insight you provide so abundantly!
4 Who helped you say all of this?
Who inspired you?”
Job Acknowledges God’s Power
5 “The ghosts of the dead[a] writhe under the waters
along with those who live there with them.
6 Sheol[b] is naked before God[c]
and Abaddon[d] has no clothes.
7 He spreads out the north over empty space,
suspending the earth over nothing.
8 “He restricts the waters within clouds
and the clouds don’t burst open under them.
9 He has enclosed the face of the full moon
and spread his clouds over it.
10 He has delimited a boundary[e] over the surface of the oceans
as a limit between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens tremble
and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 By his power he disturbs the sea;
and with his skill he shatters the sea monster.[f]
13 He clears the skies with his wind;
his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways,
and how faint is the whisper we’ve heard of it!
But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?”
Job 26
English Standard Version
Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable
26 Then Job answered and said:
2 “How you have (A)helped him who has no power!
How you have saved (B)the arm that has no strength!
3 How you have (C)counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 With whose help have you uttered words,
and whose breath (D)has come out from you?
5 The (E)dead tremble
under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 Sheol is (F)naked before God,[a]
and (G)Abaddon has no covering.
7 He (H)stretches out the north over (I)the void
and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He (J)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not split open under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon[b]
and (K)spreads over it his cloud.
10 He has inscribed (L)a circle on the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 (M)The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astounded at his (N)rebuke.
12 By his power he (O)stilled the sea;
by his understanding he shattered (P)Rahab.
13 (Q)By his wind the heavens were made fair;
his hand pierced (R)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his (S)ways,
and how small (T)a whisper do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
Jó 26
O Livro
Job
26 Resposta de Job:
2 “Que boa maneira de ajudar quem está fragilizado!
Não trouxeste nenhum encorajamento ao meu abatimento!
3 Em nada esclareceste a minha ignorância!
Disseste até coisas sem sabedoria nenhuma!
4 Quem é que te inspirou tamanha sabedoria?
Em nome de quem estiveste a falar?
5 A alma dos mortos treme debaixo das águas com seus habitantes.
6 O mundo dos mortos abre-se diante de Deus,
a terra da destruição aparece a descoberto.
7 Ele estende os céus do norte sobre os espaços infinitos
e suspende a Terra sobre o nada.
8 Acumula a chuva nas espessas nuvens,
sem que estas se ressintam de tal peso.
9 Envolve nelas o seu trono.
10 Estabelece limites aos oceanos,
sim, uma barreira constante, tanto de dia como de noite.
11 As estruturas do firmamento tremem
perante uma ameaça sua.
12 Pela sua força fez sossegar o monstro marinho[a];
é pela sua inteligência que os oceanos abatem o orgulho que os agita!
13 A beleza dos céus foi-lhe dada pelo seu sopro;
foi também a sua mão que formou a serpente veloz.
14 E estas são apenas algumas das coisas que ele fez,
apenas um vislumbre do seu poder.
Quem poderá enfrentar o seu tremendo poder?”
Footnotes
- 26.12 Nos relatos babilónicos da criação do mundo, o monstro marinho (Raab) personificava o oceano ou o caos, vencido pelo deus criador.
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