Job 26 26 Job Job and his friends Russian Literal Text 1 GLT Then Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 GLT “How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! BSB BSB: “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
3 GLT How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge! BSB BSB: How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
4 GLT With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you? BSB BSB: To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 GLT The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them. BSB BSB: The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
6 GLT Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him. BSB BSB: Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 GLT He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing. BSB BSB: He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 GLT He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them. BSB BSB: He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 GLT He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it. BSB BSB: He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
10 GLT He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness. BSB BSB: He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 GLT The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke. BSB BSB: The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
12 GLT He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. BSB BSB: By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
13 GLT By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. BSB BSB: By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 GLT See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?” BSB BSB: 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?”
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