¹ Then Job answered,

^{2 Ref} "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

^{3 Ref} How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

^{4 Ref} To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

^{5 Ref} "Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

^{6 Ref} Sheol{Sheol is the lower world or the grave.} is naked before God, And Abaddon{Abaddon means Destroyer.} has no covering.

^{7 Ref} He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing.

^{8 Ref} He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.

^{9 Ref} He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it.

^{10 Ref} He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.

^{11 Ref} The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

^{12 Ref} He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

^{13 Ref} By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

^{14 Ref} Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"