| New International Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Then Job replied: | 1Then Job answered and said: |
| 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! | 2“How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! |
| 3What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed! | 3How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! |
| 4Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth? | 4With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you? |
| 5"The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. | 5The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants. |
| 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 the void and hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. | 8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. |
| 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. | 9He covers the face of the full moon and spreads 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 circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. | 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. |
| 12By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces. | 12By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. |
| 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. | 13By his wind the heavens were made fair; 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?" | 14Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?” |
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