| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. | 1My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest. |
| 2Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. | 2Just listen to His thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. |
| 3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. | 3He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; His lightning to the ends of the earth. |
| 4Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. | 4Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His rumbling voice is heard. |
| 5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend. | 5God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend. |
| 6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’ | 6For He says to the snow, "Fall to the earth," and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains, |
| 7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work. | 7serve as His sign to all mankind, so that all men may know His work. |
| 8The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens. | 8The wild animals enter their lairs and stay in their dens. |
| 9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. | 9The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. |
| 10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. | 10Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen. |
| 11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. | 11He saturates clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. |
| 12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. | 12They swirl about, turning round and round at His direction, accomplishing everything He commands them over the surface of the inhabited world. |
| 13Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion. | 13He causes this to happen for punishment, for His land, or for His faithful love. |
| 14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God. | 14Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God's wonders. |
| 15Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash? | 15Do you know how God directs His clouds or makes their lightning flash? |
| 16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge? | 16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge? |
| 17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind, | 17You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land, |
| 18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze? | 18can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror? |
| 19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness. | 19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness. |
| 20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up? | 20Should He be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused? |
| 21Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. | 21Now men cannot even look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared them away. |
| 22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him. | 22Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow; awesome majesty surrounds Him. |
| 23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress. | 23The Almighty--we cannot reach Him-- He is exalted in power! He will not oppress justice and abundant righteousness, |
| 24Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.” | 24Therefore, men fear Him. He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart. |
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