| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then Job answered: | 1Then Job responded, |
| 2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! | 2"What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength! |
| 3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! | 3"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided! |
| 4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? | 4"To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you? |
| 5The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. | 5"The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants. |
| 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. | 6"Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering. |
| 7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. | 7"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. | 8"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them. |
| 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. | 9"He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. |
| 10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. | 10"He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness. |
| 11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. | 11"The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke. |
| 12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. | 12"He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. |
| 13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13"By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?” | 14"Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?" |
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