1 Then Job replied [to his friends],

2 "You have helped the person who has no power and saved the arm that isn't strong.

3 You have advised the person who has no wisdom and offered so much assistance.

4 To whom have you spoken [these] words, and whose spirit has spoken through you?

5 "The souls of the dead tremble beneath the water, and so do the creatures living there.

6 Sheol is naked in God's presence, and Abaddon has no clothing.

7 "He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.

8 He holds the water in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't [even] split under its [weight].

9 He covers his throne by spreading his cloud over it.

10 He marks the horizon on the surface of the water at the boundary where light meets dark.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished when he yells at them.

12 With his power he calmed the sea. With his insight he killed Rahab [the sea monster].

13 With his wind the sky was cleared. With his hand he stabbed the fleeing snake.

14 "These are only glimpses of what he does. We [only] hear a whisper of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?"