| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Job replied: | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! | 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! |
| 3What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed! | 3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! |
| 4Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth? | 4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? |
| 5"The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. | 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit 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 the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on 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 beneath their weight. |
| 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. | 9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. |
| 10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. | 10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. | 11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, 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, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab. |
| 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. | 13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; 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?" | 14These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder? |
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