1But Job answered and said,
2"How you have helped the one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!"
3"How you have given advice to the one who has no wisdom! And how fully you have declared the matter as it is!"
4"To whom have you spoken your words? And whose spirit came from you?"
5"Dead things are formed under the waters, and those who live there."
6"Hell lies bare before him, and destruction has no covering."
7"He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing."
8"He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn under them."
9"He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it."
10"He has set a boundary all around the waters, until the day and night come to an end."
11"The pillars of heaven tremble, and are amazed at his rebuke."
12"He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through the proud."
13"By his spirit he has adorned the heavens. His hand has formed the crooked serpent."
14"Look, these are only parts of his ways. How little a portion of him is heard! But the thunder of his power, who can understand?"