Job 26

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1Alors Job répondit,

2« Comment avez-vous aidé celui qui est sans force ! Comment avez-vous sauvé le bras qui n'a pas de force !

3Comment avez-vous conseillé celui qui n'a pas de sagesse ? et des connaissances solides déclarées en abondance !

4A qui avez-vous adressé des paroles ? Quel esprit est sorti de toi ?

5« Les esprits défunts tremblent, ceux qui se trouvent sous les eaux et tous ceux qui y vivent.

6Le séjour des morts est nu devant Dieu, et Abaddon n'a pas de couverture.

7Il étend le nord sur l'espace vide, et accroche la terre à rien.

8Il enferme les eaux dans ses nuages épais, et le nuage n'est pas éclaté sous eux.

9Il entoure la face de son trône, et y répand son nuage.

10Il a décrit une frontière à la surface des eaux, et aux confins de la lumière et de l'obscurité.

11Les piliers du ciel tremblent et s'étonnent de sa réprimande.

12Il remue la mer par sa puissance, et par son intelligence, il frappe à travers Rahab.

13C'est par son Esprit que les cieux sont garnis. Sa main a transpercé le serpent rapide.

14Voici, ce ne sont là que les abords de ses voies. Quel faible murmure nous entendons de lui ! Mais le tonnerre de sa puissance, qui peut le comprendre ? »

Reina-Valera 1909

1Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:

2¿En qué ayudaste al que no tiene fuerza? ¿has amparado al brazo sin fortaleza?

3¿En qué aconsejaste al que no tiene ciencia, y mostraste bien sabiduría?

4¿A quién has anunciado palabras, y cúyo es el espíritu que de ti sale?

5Cosas inanimadas son formadas debajo de las aguas, y los habitantes de ellas.

6El sepulcro es descubierto delante de él, y el infierno no tiene cobertura.

7Extiende el aquilón sobre vacío, cuelga la tierra sobre nada.

8Ata las aguas en sus nubes, y las nubes no se rompen debajo de ellas.

9El restriñe la faz de su trono, y sobre él extiende su nube.

10El cercó con término la superficie de las aguas, hasta el fin de la luz y las tinieblas.

11Las columnas del cielo tiemblan, y se espantan de su reprensión.

12El rompe la mar con su poder, y con su entendimiento hiere la hinchazón suya.

13Su espíritu adornó los cielos; su mano crió la serpiente tortuosa.

14He aquí, estas son partes de sus caminos: ¡mas cuán poco hemos oído de él! Porque el estruendo de sus fortalezas, ¿quién lo detendrá?

King James Version

1But Job answered and said,

2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

World English Bible

1Then Job answered,

2“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

5“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

7He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

9He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

14Behold, 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?”