Job 25–26

Chapter 25

Bildad Says Man Is Inferior

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite ¹answered,

²“^aDominion and awe ¹belong to Him

Who establishes peace in ^bHis heights.

³“Is there any number to ^aHis troops?

And upon whom does His light not rise?

⁴“How then can a man be ^ajust with God?

Or how can he be ^bclean who is born of woman?

⁵“If even ^athe moon has no brightness

And the ^bstars are not pure in His sight,

⁶How much less ^aman, that ^bmaggot,

And the son of man, that worm!”

Chapter 26

Job Rebukes Bildad

¹Then Job ¹responded,

²“What a help you are to ^1athe weak!

How you have saved the arm ^bwithout strength!

³“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!

What helpful insight you have abundantly ¹provided!

⁴“To whom have you uttered words?

And whose ¹spirit was expressed through you?

The Greatness of God

⁵“The ^1adeparted spirits tremble

Under the waters and their inhabitants.

⁶“Naked is ^1aSheol before Him,

And ^2bAbaddon has no covering.

⁷“He ^astretches out the north over empty space

And hangs the earth on nothing.

⁸“He ^awraps up the waters in His clouds,

And the cloud does not burst under them.

⁹“He ^1aobscures the face of the ²full moon

And spreads His cloud over it.

¹⁰“He has inscribed a ^acircle on the surface of the waters

At the ^bboundary of light and darkness.

¹¹“The pillars of heaven tremble

And are amazed at His rebuke.

¹²“He ^aquieted the sea with His power,

And by His ^bunderstanding He shattered ^cRahab.

¹³“By His breath the ^aheavens are ¹cleared;

His hand has pierced ^bthe fleeing serpent.

¹⁴“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;

And how faint ^aa word we hear of Him!

But His mighty ^bthunder, who can understand?”