Job 26

respondens autem Iob dixit

But Job answered and said,

cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis

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

cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam

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

quem docere voluisti nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum

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

ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis

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

nudus est inferus coram illo et nullum est operimentum perditioni

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

qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et adpendit terram super nihili

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

qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum

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

qui tenet vultum solii sui et expandit super illud nebulam suam

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

terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae

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

columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius

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

in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt et prudentia eius percussit superbum

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

spiritus eius ornavit caelos et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus

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

ecce haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri

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