| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Then Job answered: | 1Then Job spoke again: |
| 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! | 2“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak! |
| 3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! | 3How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered! |
| 4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? | 4Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you? |
| 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them. | 5“The dead tremble— those who live beneath the waters. |
| 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. | 6The underworld is naked in God’s presence. The place of destruction is uncovered. |
| 7He stretches the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. | 7God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight. | 8He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t burst with the weight. |
| 9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. | 9He covers the face of the moon, shrouding it with his clouds. |
| 10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. | 10He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night. |
| 11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, astounded at His rebuke. | 11The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke. |
| 12By His power He stirred the sea, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab. | 12By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monster. |
| 13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent. |
| 14These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder? | 14These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?” |
| Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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