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<p class="indent2"> And whose spirit spoke through you? <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The dead tremble—<p class="indent2"> those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Sheol is naked before God, <p class="indent2"> and Abaddon<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> has no covering. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He stretches out the north over empty space; <p class="indent2"> He hangs the earth upon nothing. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He wraps up the waters in His clouds, <p class="indent2"> yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He covers the face of the full moon,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> spreading over it His cloud. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters <p class="indent2"> at the boundary between light and darkness. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The foundations of heaven quake, <p class="indent2"> astounded at His rebuke. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>By His power He stirred<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> the sea; <p class="indent2"> by His understanding He shattered Rahab. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>By His breath the skies were cleared; <p class="indent2"> His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; <p class="indent2"> how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! <p class="indent1"> Who then can understand <p class="indent2"> the thunder of His power?”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Abaddon</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>Destruction</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>of His throne</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>stilled</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Hebrew <i>nachash</i><span class="thin"> </span>; translated in most cases as <i>snake</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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