Job 26

Job responds with a rebuke, asking how Bildad has helped the powerless. He then exalts God's majesty, describing how God hangs the earth on nothing, stretches out the north over the empty place, and commands the sea -- yet these are only the edges of His ways.

v	King James Version	Modern English
1	But Job answered and said,	But Job answered and said:
2	How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?	"How have you helped him that is without power? How save you the arm that has no strength?
3	How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?	How have you counselled him that has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4	To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?	To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?
5	Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.	Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants of them.
6	Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.	Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.
7	He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.	He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8	He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.	He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.
9	He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.	He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10	He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.	He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11	The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.	The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12	He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.	He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through the proud.
13	By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.	By his spirit he has adorned the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent.
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?	These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him? But the thunder of his power who can understand?"