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Job 26
Living Bible
Job 26
Living Bible
26 Job’s reply:
2 “What wonderful helpers you all are! And how you have encouraged me in my great need! 3 How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise things you have said! 4 How did you ever think of all these brilliant comments?
5-6 “The dead stand naked, trembling before God in the place where they go. 7 God stretches out heaven over empty space and hangs the earth upon nothing. 8 He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds are not split by the weight. 9 He shrouds his throne with his clouds. 10 He sets a boundary for the ocean, yes, and a boundary for the day and for the night. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble at his rebuke. 12 And by his power the sea grows calm; he is skilled at crushing its pride! 13 The heavens are made beautiful by his Spirit;[a] he pierces the swiftly gliding serpent.
14 “These are some of the minor things he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who then can withstand his thunder?”
Footnotes
- Job 26:13 The heavens are made beautiful by his Spirit, or “The bars of heaven are afraid of him”; see v. 11.
Job 26
La Bible du Semeur
Job 26
La Bible du Semeur
Réponse de Job à Bildad
On ne connaît ni ne comprend l’œuvre de Dieu
26 Alors Job prit la parole et dit :
2 Ah, comme tu sais bien ╵aider l’homme sans force,
et secourir le bras ╵qui n’a plus de vigueur !
3 Quel bon conseil tu donnes ╵à celui qui se trouve ╵dépourvu de sagesse,
et comme tu répands ╵la science à profusion !
4 Mais à qui donc, dis-moi, ╵s’adressent tes discours ?
De quelle inspiration ╵émanent tes paroles ?
5 Tous ceux qui sont morts tremblent
bien au-dessous des mers ╵et des êtres qui les habitent,
6 car le séjour des morts ╵est à nu devant Dieu,
et le royaume des défunts[a] ╵n’a rien pour se couvrir.
7 Il étend sur le vide ╵la région de l’Arctique
et il suspend la terre ╵au-dessus du néant.
8 Il enserre les eaux ╵dans ses nuées épaisses,
mais jamais, sous leur poids, ╵les nuages n’éclatent.
9 Il a couvert d’un voile ╵la face de son trône
en étendant sur lui ╵son épaisse nuée.
10 Il a tracé un cercle ╵sur la face des eaux,
au lieu où la lumière ╵rencontre les ténèbres.
11 Les colonnes du ciel ╵sont ébranlées,
épouvantées, ╵à sa menace.
12 Par sa puissance, ╵il agite la mer ;
par son intelligence, ╵il en brise le monstre[b].
13 Sous l’effet de son souffle, ╵le ciel devient serein.
Quant au serpent fuyard[c], ╵sa main l’a transpercé.
14 Cependant, ce n’est là ╵qu’une infime partie ╵de ce qu’il accomplit,
dont nous ne percevons ╵qu’un murmure léger.
Qui pourra donc comprendre ╵les éclats de tonnerre ╵de sa puissance ?
Job 26
New International Version
Job 26
New International Version
Job
26 Then Job replied:
2 “How you have helped the powerless!(A)
How you have saved the arm that is feeble!(B)
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
And what great insight(C) you have displayed!
4 Who has helped you utter these words?
And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(D)
5 “The dead are in deep anguish,(E)
those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 The realm of the dead(F) is naked before God;
Destruction[a](G) lies uncovered.(H)
7 He spreads out the northern skies(I) over empty space;
he suspends the earth over nothing.(J)
8 He wraps up the waters(K) in his clouds,(L)
yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon,
spreading his clouds(M) over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(N)
for a boundary between light and darkness.(O)
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,(P)
aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;(Q)
by his wisdom(R) he cut Rahab(S) to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies(T) became fair;
his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(U)
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper(V) we hear of him!(W)
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(X)
Footnotes
- Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon
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