[1] Job replied, [2] “Bildad, you haven’t helped people who aren’t strong! You haven’t saved people who are weak! [3] You haven’t offered advice to those who aren’t wise! In fact, you haven’t understood anything at all! [4] Who helped you say these things? Whose spirit was speaking through you? [5] “The spirits of the dead are suffering greatly. So are those that are under the waters. And so are all those that live in them. [6] The place of the dead is naked in the sight of God. The grave lies open in front of him. [7] He spreads out the northern skies over empty space. He hangs the earth over nothing. [8] He wraps up water in his clouds. They are heavy, but they don’t burst. [9] He covers the face of the full moon. He spreads his clouds over it. [10] He marks out the place where the sky meets the sea. He marks out the boundary between light and darkness. [11] The pillars of the heavens shake. They are terrified when his anger blazes out. [12] With his power he stirred up the oceans. In his wisdom he cut the sea monster Rahab to pieces. [13] His breath made the skies bright and clear. His hand wounded the serpent that glides through the sea. [14] Those are only on the edges of what he does. They are only the soft whispers that we hear from him. So who can understand how very powerful he is?”
