--- title: Job 26 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 26 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then Job answered and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 26 # Job 26 14 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [26:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.1/) — וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then Job answered and said: - [26:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.2/) — מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃ — How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength! - [26:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.3/) — מַה־יָּעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חָכְמָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה לָרֹב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃ — How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! - [26:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.4/) — אֶת־מִי הִגַּדְתָּ מִלִּין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִי יָצְאָה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ — With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee? - [26:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.5/) — הָרְפָאִים יְחוֹלָלוּ מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ — The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. - [26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.6/) — עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ — The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering. - [26:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.7/) — נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃ — He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing. - [26:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.8/) — צֹרֵֽר־מַיִם בְּעָבָיו וְלֹא־נִבְקַע עָנָן תַּחְתָּֽם׃ — He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. - [26:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.9/) — מְאַחֵז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּה פַּרְשֵׁז עָלָיו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ — He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it. - [26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.10/) — חֹֽק־חָג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָיִם עַד־תַּכְלִית אוֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ — He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness. - [26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.11/) — עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָפוּ וְיִתְמְהוּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃ — The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke. - [26:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.12/) — בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ מָחַץ רָֽהַב׃ — He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab. - [26:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.13/) — בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹֽלֲלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃ — By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent. - [26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.14/) — הֶן־אֵלֶּה ׀ קְצוֹת דְּרָכָיו וּמַה־שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ וְרַעַם גְּבוּרוֹתָיומִי יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ס — Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand? - ← previous: [Job 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/25/) - next →: [Job 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/27/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)