26:1 But Job answered and said:

26:2 How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength:

26:3 How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is:

26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee:

26:5 Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof:

26:6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering:

26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing:

26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them:

26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it:

26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end:

26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof:

26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud:

26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent:

26:14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand: