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- Chapter 26 -

Job: The weakness of man and the majesty of God

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Job replied to Bildad:
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“I am a very weak and helpless man; you do not really think that you have helped me at all, do you?
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You certainly do not think that you have given me good advice, do you? me, who am not wise at all.
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Who helped you to say all those great things? Who inspired you to speak like you did?
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The spirits of dead people tremble with fear, those who are under the waters and everyone who dwells with them.
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God knows all about those who are in the place of the dead; there is nothing down there that prevents God from seeing what is there.
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God stretches out heaven over the empty spaces, and he places the earth in that huge empty space, but it is not resting on anything.
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He fills the thick clouds with water and prevents that water from bursting the clouds.
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He causes clouds to obscure the moon.
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He separates the light from the darkness and puts the horizon to mark the place where the night ends and the daytime begins.
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When he is angry, it is as though he rebuked the pillars that hold up the sky. They are shocked, and they tremble.
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By his power he calmed the sea; by his skill he destroyed Rahab, the huge sea monster.
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By his breath he caused the sky to be bright; by his hand he killed the great dragon in the sea as it was fleeing from him.
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But those events show only a small amount of his power; it is as though we were hearing only whispers of his powerful voice. When we hear thunder, we say, ‘Who can really understand how great his power is?’”
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Job: The weakness of man and the majesty of God

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Then Job answered,
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“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
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How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
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“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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Sheol (a) is naked before God, and Abaddon(b) has no covering.
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He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
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He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
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He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
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He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
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By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
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Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

Footnotes

(a)26:6 Sheol is the place of the dead.
(b)26:6 Abaddon means Destroyer.
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