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Job’s Ninth Speech: A Response to Bildad
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Job Rebukes Bildad
Then Job responded,
Then Job responded,
“How you have helped the powerless!
How you have saved the weak!
How you have saved the weak!
“What a help you are to the weak!
How you have saved the arm without strength!
How you have saved the arm without strength!
How you have enlightened my stupidity!
What wise advice you have offered!
What wise advice you have offered!
“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
Where have you gotten all these wise sayings?
Whose spirit speaks through you?
Whose spirit speaks through you?
“To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit was expressed through you?
And whose spirit was expressed through you?
“The dead tremble —
those who live beneath the waters.
those who live beneath the waters.
The Greatness of God
“The departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
“Naked is Sheol before Him,
And Abaddon has no covering.
And Abaddon has no covering.
God stretches the northern sky over empty space
and hangs the earth on nothing.
and hangs the earth on nothing.
“He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
And hangs the earth on nothing.
He wraps the rain in his thick clouds,
and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.
and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.
“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
And the cloud does not burst under them.
“He obscures the face of the full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
And spreads His cloud over it.
He created the horizon when he separated the waters;
he set the boundary between day and night.
he set the boundary between day and night.
“He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
At the boundary of light and darkness.
At the boundary of light and darkness.
The foundations of heaven tremble;
they shudder at his rebuke.
they shudder at his rebuke.
“The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.
And are amazed at His rebuke.
“He quieted the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
His Spirit made the heavens beautiful,
and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.
His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.