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href="#fn" id="link_Job.26.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h5><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.5" class="v18_26_5">5</span>The spirits of the dead tremble</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_5">in the waters under the earth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.6" class="v18_26_6">6</span>The world of the dead lies open to God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_6">no covering shields it from his sight.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.7" class="v18_26_7">7</span>God stretched out the northern sky</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_7">and hung the earth in empty space.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.8" class="v18_26_8">8</span>It is God who fills the clouds with water</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_8">and keeps them from bursting with the weight.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.9" class="v18_26_9">9</span>He hides the full moon behind a cloud.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.10" class="v18_26_10">10</span>He divided light from darkness</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_10">by a circle drawn on the face of the sea.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.11" class="v18_26_11">11</span>When he threatens the pillars that hold up the sky,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_11">they shake and tremble with fear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.12" class="v18_26_12">12</span>It is his strength that conquered the sea;<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.26.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_12">by his skill he destroyed the monster Rahab.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.26.12!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.13" class="v18_26_13">13</span>It is his breath that made the sky clear,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_13">and his hand that killed the escaping monster.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.26.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.26.14" class="v18_26_14">14</span>But these are only hints of his power,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_26_14">only the whispers that we have heard.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_26_14">Who can know how truly great God is?</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">26.4: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Bildad </char><char style="ft" closed="false">is not named in the text, but this speech is usually assigned to him.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">26.12: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">conquered the sea: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A reference to an ancient story in which the sea fought against God.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">26.12: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Rahab: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 9.13.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">26.13: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">escaping monster: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 9.8.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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