Job 26

Job 26:2

HOw hast thou helped him that is without power?] Thou hast shewed thy self a weak comforter to one so low as I am.

Job 26:3

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom?] Thy words cannot instruct a fool, as ye count me to be, nor teach him true wisdom.

Job 26:4

To whom hast thou uttered words?] Thy speech is vain to a man that understands Gods wayes, as I do: neither dost thou speak by the spirit of God, chap. 32. 8.

Job 26:5

Dead] Or, Livelesse.

Dead things are formed from under the waters] Job beginneth to declare the force of Gods power, and providence in the mines and metals in the deep places of the earth.

and the inhabitants] Or, with the inhabitants.

Job 26:6

Hell is naked before him] Proverbs 15:11. He knoweth the most hidden things, Hebrews 4:13.

Job 26:7

over the emptie place] He stretcheth the heavens over the empty air, and foundeth the earth on the center of it, which is as nothing to bear so great a weight.

Job 26:8

the cloud is not rent under them] God shews his great power, in making thin air hold thick water.

Job 26:9

He holdeth back the face of his throne] The heavens which are called his throne, Isaiah 66:1. he hides from us with clouds.

Job 26:10

He hath compassed the waters with bounds] He made great hollow places in the earth to lodge the waters in, that they may not drown the earth, Genesis 1:9. Job 38. 8, 10, 11. Psalms 33:7. and Psalms 104:9. Proverbs 8:29. Jere. 5. 22.

untill the day and night come to an end] Heb. untill the end of light with darknesse. That is, till the world be done, which cannot stand without dayes and nights, Jeremiah 31:35-36.

Job 26:11

The pillars of heaven tremble] Not that heaven hath pillars to uphold it, but he means, The heavens are not strong enough to endure Gods anger. Or, mountains, that seems for their height to uphold heaven, 2 Samuel 22:8.

and are astonished at his reproof] That is, the thunder. See Psalms 18:15. and Psalms 104:7.

Job 26:12

He divideth the sea with his power] In tempests and earthquakes: Or, by his Almighty power he hath divided the water into severall seas and streams.

the proud] Heb. pride. The proud waves thereof, as chap. 38. 11. Or, Rahab: That is, Egypt, Psal. 89. 9, 10. Isaiah 51:9.

Job 26:13

the crooked serpent] Some understand a figure of starres, figured like a serpent, because of the crookednesse: others read, The long serpent: meaning the whale, Isaiah 27. 1.

Job 26:14

how little a portion is heard of him] If these few things which we see daily with our eyes, declare his great power, and providence, how much more would they appear, if we were able to comprehend all his works?

the thunder of his power who can understand?] Psalms 29:4.