{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":26,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/25","next":"job/27","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Job answered:","f":[],"h":"Job: Who Can Understand God’s Majesty?","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ How you have helped the powerless [and] saved the arm that is feeble!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ How you have helped the powerless"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] saved the arm that is feeble!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"How you have counseled the unwise [and] provided fully sound insight!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How you have counseled the unwise"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] provided fully sound insight!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"To whom have you uttered these words?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"And whose spirit spoke through you?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The dead tremble — those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The dead tremble —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.","f":["Abaddon means Destruction."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Sheol is naked before [God],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Abaddon has no covering."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He stretches out the north over empty space;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He hangs the earth upon nothing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He wraps up the waters in His clouds,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.","f":["Or of His throne"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He covers the face of the full moon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"spreading over it His cloud."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at the boundary between light and darkness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The foundations of heaven quake,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"astounded at His rebuke."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.","f":["Or stilled"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"By His power He stirred the sea;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by His understanding He shattered Rahab."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.","f":["Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"By His breath the skies were cleared;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"His hand pierced the fleeing serpent."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Indeed, these [are] but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Indeed, these [are] but the fringes of His ways;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how faint is the whisper we hear of Him!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Who then can understand"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the thunder of His power?”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}