Job 26
Job responds with awe-filled poetry about God's power over creation: stretching the north over empty space, hanging the earth on nothing, and controlling the waters. He declares these are but the outer fringe of God's works.
JobChapter 26 of 4214 versesBerean Standard Bible
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Then Job answered:
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Job 26
“He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.”
“He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,”
“He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.”
“For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.”
“In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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