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class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/job/26.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Job.26" /><h3 class="head1">Job’s Reply to Bildad</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Job answered:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>How you have helped<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the powerless</p><p class="poem">and delivered the arm that is weak!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>How you have counseled the unwise<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and abundantly provided insight!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>With whom did you speak these words?</p><p class="poem">Whose breath came out of your mouth?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The departed spirits tremble</p><p class="poem">beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Sheol<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is naked before God,</p><p class="poem">and Abaddon<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> has no covering.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He stretches the northern skies over empty space;</p><p class="poem">he hangs the earth on nothing.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He wraps up the water in his clouds,</p><p class="poem">yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He obscures the view of his throne,</p><p class="poem">spreading his cloud over it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">at the boundary between light and darkness.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,</p><p class="poem">astounded at his rebuke.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>By his power he stirred<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the sea,</p><p class="poem">and by his understanding he crushed Rahab.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>By his breath the heavens gained their beauty;</p><p class="poem">his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.26.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.26.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.26.14" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These are but the fringes of his ways;</p><p class="poem">how faint is the word we hear of him!</p><p class="poem">Who can understand his mighty thunder?</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.26" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.26.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.13">26:13</a></span> = Leviathan</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.26" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.26.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.2">26:2</a></span> Jb 4:3; Is 35:3; Heb 12:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.3">26:3</a></span> Jb 11:6; Ps 73:24; Jms 1:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.5">26:5</a></span> Ps 88:10; Is 26:14,19; Rv 20:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.6">26:6</a></span> Ps 30:3,9; Pr 1:12; Is 5:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.6">26:6</a></span> Jb 28:22; Pr 27:20; Rv 9:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.6">26:6</a></span> Ps 139:8; Pr 15:11; Heb 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.8">26:8</a></span> Jb 37:11; 38:9; Pr 30:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.10">26:10</a></span> Ps 104:9; Pr 8:27,29; Jr 5:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.11">26:11</a></span> 2Sm 22:16; Ps 18:15; 104:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.12">26:12</a></span> Is 51:15; Jr 31:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.12">26:12</a></span> Jb 9:13; Ps 89:10; Is 51:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.26.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.26.13">26:13</a></span> Jb 41; Ps 33:6; Is 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