Job 26

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² “Bildad, what a great help you are to this tired, weary man!
    You have really supported me!
³ You have given such wonderful advice to this foolish man!
    You have provided so much useful information!^[a]
4 Who helped you say these things?
    Whose spirit inspired you to speak?

⁵ “The ghosts and their neighbors
    in the underworld^[b] shake with fear.
⁶ But God can see clearly into that place of death.
    Death^[c] is not hidden from God.
⁷ God stretched the northern sky over empty space.
    He hung the earth on nothing.
⁸ He fills the thick clouds with water.
    But he does not let its heavy weight break the clouds open.
⁹ He covers the face of the full moon.
    He spreads his clouds over it and hides it.
¹⁰ He drew the horizon on the ocean,
    like a circle where light and darkness meet.
¹¹ The foundations that hold up the sky
    shake with fear when God threatens them.
¹² With his own power God calmed the sea.
    With his wisdom he destroyed Rahab.
¹³ His breath made the skies clear.
    His hand destroyed the snake that tried to get away.^[d]
14 These are only a few of the amazing things God has done.
    We hear only a small whisper of God’s thundering power.”