[1] Then Job answered: [2] "You are no help to a person who has no strength! You have given no help to one whose arm is weak! [3] You have given advice to me as if I had no wisdom! This is not great wisdom you have shown! [4] Who has helped you say these words? And where did you get these words you speak? [5] "The spirits of the dead beneath the waters shake. And so do those that live in the waters. [6] Death is naked before God. Destruction is uncovered before him. [7] God stretches the northern sky out over empty space. And he hangs the earth on nothing. [8] God wraps up the waters in his thick clouds. But the clouds do not break under the weight of the water. [9] God covers the face of the full moon. He spreads his clouds over it. [10] God draws the horizon like a circle on the water at the place where light and darkness meet. [11] Heaven's foundations shake when he thunders at them. [12] God's power controls the sea. By his wisdom he destroyed Rahab, the sea monster. [13] God breathes, and the sky becomes clear. God's hand stabs the gliding snake. [14] And these are only a small part of God's works. We only hear a small whisper of him. So who can understand God's thundering power?"
