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26:1  Then Job replied. This is what he said:
26:2  ‘Do not think that you have helped me, a weak and helpless man. Nothing that you have said makes me feel stronger.
26:3  What good advice have you given me to make me wise? You have not really shown me how clever you are!
26:4  Someone must have helped you to say these wise words. Who has put all these thoughts in your minds?
26:5  Dead people shake with fear. They are under the deep waters.
26:6  God sees everything that happens in the place of dead people. Nothing can hide that terrible place from him.
26:7  He puts the skies in their place in the north, so that they cover empty space. He hangs the earth in the skies and it stays there.
26:8  He fills the clouds with water. They become heavy but they do not break.
26:9  When the moon is big and round, he hides it. He causes clouds to cover it.
26:10  He marks the border between the sea and the sky. It is the place where the night finishes and the day begins.
26:11  When God is angry, he shouts at the pillars under the sky. When they hear his command, they shake with fear.
26:12  He used his power to control the sea. He used his wisdom to destroy Rahab, the great sea monster.
26:13  He used his breath to make the sky become bright. With his hand he cut the great sea snake as it ran away.
26:14  These are only a few of the things that God does. We only know about a few small things. If he used all of his power, we could never understand.’