[1] Job's reply: [2] "What wonderful helpers you all are! And how you have encouraged me in my great need! [3] How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise things you have said! [4] How did you ever think of all these brilliant comments? [5] "The dead stand naked, trembling before God in the place where they go. [7] God stretches out heaven over empty space and hangs the earth upon nothing. [8] He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds are not split by the weight. [9] He shrouds his throne with his clouds. [10] He sets a boundary for the ocean, yes, and a boundary for the day and for the night. [11] The pillars of heaven tremble at his rebuke. [12] And by his power the sea grows calm; he is skilled at crushing its pride! [13] The heavens are made beautiful by his Spirit; he pierces the swiftly gliding serpent. [14] "These are some of the minor things he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who then can withstand his thunder?"
