Giobbe 26
La Nuova Diodati
26 Allora Giobbe rispose e disse: «Come hai aiutato il debole,
2 o come hai soccorso il braccio senza forza?
3 Come hai consigliato chi è privo di sapienza, e quale grande conoscenza hai comunicato?
4 A chi hai rivolto le tue parole, e di chi è lo spirito che è uscito da te?
5 I morti tremano sotto le acque e cosí pure i loro abitanti.
6 Davanti a lui lo Sceol è scoperto Abaddon è senza velo.
7 Egli distende il settentrione sul vuoto e tiene sospesa la terra sul nulla.
8 Rinchiude le acque nelle sue nubi, senza che queste si squarcino sotto il loro peso.
9 Copre la vista del suo trono, stendendovi sopra le sue nuvole.
10 Ha tracciato un particolare limite sulla superficie delle acque, al confine della luce con le tenebre.
11 Le colonne del cielo tremano e si stupiscono alla sua minaccia.
12 Con la sua forza calma il mare, con la sua intelligenza abbatte Rahab.
13 Con il suo Spirito ha abbellito i cieli, la sua mano ha trafitto il serpente tortuoso.
14 Ecco, questi sono solamente le frange delle sue opere. Quale debole sussurro di lui riusciamo a percepire! Ma chi potrà mai comprendere il tuono della sua potenza?».
Job 26
King James Version
26 But Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 26
English Standard Version
Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable
26 Then Job answered and said:
2 “How you have (A)helped him who has no power!
How you have saved (B)the arm that has no strength!
3 How you have (C)counseled him who has no wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 With whose help have you uttered words,
and whose breath (D)has come out from you?
5 The (E)dead tremble
under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 Sheol is (F)naked before God,[a]
and (G)Abaddon has no covering.
7 He (H)stretches out the north over (I)the void
and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He (J)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not split open under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon[b]
and (K)spreads over it his cloud.
10 He has inscribed (L)a circle on the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 (M)The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astounded at his (N)rebuke.
12 By his power he (O)stilled the sea;
by his understanding he shattered (P)Rahab.
13 (Q)By his wind the heavens were made fair;
his hand pierced (R)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his (S)ways,
and how small (T)a whisper do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
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