| Berean Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Then Job answered: | 1Then Job replied: |
| 2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! | 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength! |
| 3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! | 3How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight! |
| 4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? | 4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth? |
| 5The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. | 5"The dead tremble--those beneath the waters and all that live in them. |
| 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. | 6The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered. |
| 7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. | 7He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing. |
| 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. | 8He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them. |
| 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. | 9He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds. |
| 10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. | 10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. | 11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. |
| 12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. | 12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces. |
| 13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand 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?” | 14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?" |
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