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26:1  Then Job answered:
26:2  “You are no help to the ·helpless [powerless]! You have not ·aided [rescued] the ·weak [L weak armed]!
26:3  ·Your advice lacks wisdom [or You have brought no counsel to those without wisdom]! You have shown little understanding!
26:4  ·Who has helped you say these words [L Whose words do you speak]? And ·where did you get these ideas [L whose breath comes from you]?
26:5  “The ·spirits of the dead [shades; L Rephaim; C departed ancestors] tremble, ·those who are beneath and in the waters [L the waters and their inhabitants are terrified; C symbol for the forces of evil].
26:6  ·Death [L The grave; Sheol] ·is naked [lies exposed] before God; ·destruction [Abaddon; C the underworld] is uncovered before him [C God is in control of them].
26:7  God stretches ·the northern sky [or Zaphon; C a reference to Baal’s mountain; indicating God’s control over it] out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
26:8  He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds do not ·break under their weight [L burst under them].
26:9  He covers the face of the ·moon [or throne], spreading his clouds over it.
26:10  He draws the horizon like a circle on the water at the place where light and darkness meet.
26:11  ·Heaven’s foundations [L The pillars of heavens; C perhaps mountains] ·shake [quake] ·when he thunders at them [L astounded by his rebuke/blast].
26:12  With his power he ·quiets [stills] the ·sea [or Sea; C the powers of chaos]; by his ·wisdom [understanding] he ·destroys [struck] Rahab, the sea monster [9:13].
26:13  He breathes, and ·the sky clears [L he makes the heavens beautiful]. His hand ·stabs [slays] the fleeing ·snake [serpent; C Leviathan, another sea monster representing chaos; 3:8; Is. 27:1].
26:14  And these are ·only a small part of God’s works [L fringes of his way]. We only hear a small whisper of him. Who could understand God’s thundering power?”