Job 26
New King James Version
Job: Man’s Frailty and God’s Majesty
26 But Job answered and said:
2 “How have you helped him who is without power?
How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?
4 To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?
5 “The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
6 (A)Sheol is naked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering.
7 (B)He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
8 (C)He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds [a]are not broken under it.
9 He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 (D)He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble,
And are [b]astonished at His rebuke.
12 (E)He stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up [c]the storm.
13 (F)By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced (G)the fleeing serpent.
14 Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?”
Job 26
EasyEnglish Bible
Job replies to Bildad[a]
26 Then Job replied. This is what he said:
2 ‘Do not think that you have helped me,
a weak and helpless man.
Nothing that you have said makes me feel stronger.
3 What good advice have you given me
to make me wise?
You have not really shown me how clever you are!
4 Someone must have helped you to say these wise words.
Who has put all these thoughts in your minds?
5 Dead people shake with fear.
They are under the deep waters.
6 God sees everything that happens
in the place of dead people.
Nothing can hide that terrible place from him.
7 He puts the skies in their place in the north,
so that they cover empty space.
He hangs the earth in the skies
and it stays there.
8 He fills the clouds with water.
They become heavy but they do not break.
9 When the moon is big and round, he hides it.
He causes clouds to cover it.
10 He marks the border between the sea and the sky.
It is the place where the night finishes and the day begins.
11 When God is angry,
he shouts at the pillars under the sky.
When they hear his command,
they shake with fear.
12 He used his power to control the sea.
He used his wisdom to destroy Rahab,
the great sea monster.
13 He used his breath to make the sky become bright.
With his hand he cut the great sea snake
as it ran away.
14 These are only a few of the things that God does.
We only know about a few small things.
If he used all of his power,
we could never understand.’
Job 26
La Biblia de las Américas
Job afirma la soberanía de Dios
26 Entonces respondió Job, y dijo:
2 ¡Qué ayuda eres para el débil[a](A)!
¡Cómo has salvado al brazo sin fuerza(B)!
3 ¡Qué consejos has dado al que no tiene sabiduría,
y qué útil conocimiento has dado[b] en abundancia!
4 ¿A quién has proferido palabras,
y de quién es el espíritu que habló en[c] ti?
5 Las sombras[d](C) tiemblan
bajo las aguas y sus habitantes.
6 (D)Desnudo está el Seol[e] ante Él,
y el Abadón[f](E) no tiene cobertura.
7 Él extiende el norte(F) sobre el vacío,
y cuelga la tierra sobre la nada.
8 Envuelve las aguas en sus nubes(G),
y la nube no se rompe bajo ellas.
9 Oscurece[g] la faz de la luna llena[h],
y extiende sobre ella(H) su nube.
10 Ha trazado un círculo sobre la superficie de las aguas(I),
en el límite de la luz y las tinieblas(J).
11 Las columnas del cielo tiemblan,
y se espantan ante su reprensión.
12 Al mar agitó con su poder(K),
y a Rahab(L) quebrantó con su entendimiento(M).
13 Con su soplo se limpian[i] los cielos(N);
su mano ha traspasado la serpiente huidiza(O).
14 He aquí, estos son los bordes de sus caminos;
¡y cuán leve es la palabra que de Él oímos(P)!
Pero su potente trueno, ¿quién lo puede comprender(Q)?
Footnotes
- Job 26:2 Lit., que no tiene poder
- Job 26:3 Lit., dado a conocer
- Job 26:4 Lit., aliento que ha salido de
- Job 26:5 O, Los muertos; heb., refaím
- Job 26:6 I.e., región de los muertos
- Job 26:6 I.e., lugar de destrucción
- Job 26:9 Lit., Cubre
- Job 26:9 En el T.M., del trono
- Job 26:13 Lit., son hechos hermosos
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