New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
1Then Job replied: | 1Then Job answered: |
2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! | 2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! |
3What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed! | 3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! |
4Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth? | 4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? |
5"The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. | 5The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. |
6The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered. | 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. |
7He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. | 7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. |
8He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. | 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. |
9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. | 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. |
10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. | 10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
11The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. | 11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. |
12By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces. | 12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. |
13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. | 13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
14And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?" | 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?” |
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