Then Job answered and said,
How hast thou helped him that is without power!
How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom,
And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
To whom hast thou uttered words?
And whose {Hebrew: breath}spirit came forth from thee?
{Or, The shades Hebrew: The Rephaim.}They that are deceased tremble
Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
Sheol is naked before {Hebrew: him.}God,
And {Or, Destruction}Abaddon hath no covering.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space,
And hangeth the earth {Or, over}upon nothing.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds;
And the cloud is not rent under them.
He incloseth the face of his throne,
And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters,
Unto the confines of light and darkness.
The pillars of heaven tremble
And are astonished at his rebuke.
He {Or, stilleth}stirreth up the sea with his power,
And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
By his Spirit the heavens are {Hebrew: beauty.}garnished;
His hand hath pierced the {Or, fleeing Or, gliding }swift serpent.
Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways:
And {Or, how little a portion}how small a whisper {Or, is heard}do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his {Or, mighty deeds}power who can understand?
Querverweise zu Hiob 26,13 Hiob 26,13
And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God {Or, was brooding upon}moved upon the face of the waters.
Thou didst {Hebrew: break up.}divide the sea by thy strength:Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made,And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces;Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap:He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the {Or, gliding Or, fleeing}swift serpent, and leviathan the {Or, winding}crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created;And thou renewest the face of the ground.
And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole {Greek: inhabited earth.}world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.