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“The [a](A)departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
Naked is (B)Sheol before Him,
And [b](C)Abaddon has no covering.
He (D)stretches out the north over what is formless
And hangs the earth on nothing.
He (E)wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not break out under them.
He [c](F)obscures the face of His [d]throne
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 He has marked a (G)circle on the surface of the waters
At the (H)boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble
And are astonished at His rebuke.
12 He (I)quieted the sea with His power,
And by His (J)understanding He crushed (K)Rahab.
13 By His breath the (L)heavens are made beautiful;
His hand has pierced (M)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how only with a whisper of (N)a word do we hear of Him!
But His mighty (O)thunder, who can understand?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim
  2. Job 26:6 Lit the realm of destruction
  3. Job 26:9 Lit covers
  4. Job 26:9 Or full moon

The (A)dead tremble
    under the waters and their inhabitants.
Sheol is (B)naked before God,[a]
    and (C)Abaddon has no covering.
He (D)stretches out the north over (E)the void
    and hangs the earth on nothing.
He (F)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
    and the cloud is not split open under them.
He covers the face of the full moon[b]
    and (G)spreads over it his cloud.
10 He has inscribed (H)a circle on the face of the waters
    at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 (I)The pillars of heaven tremble
    and are astounded at his (J)rebuke.
12 By his power he (K)stilled the sea;
    by his understanding he shattered (L)Rahab.
13 (M)By his wind the heavens were made fair;
    his hand pierced (N)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his (O)ways,
    and how small (P)a whisper do we hear of him!
    But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew him
  2. Job 26:9 Or his throne