| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then Job replied: | 1Then Job replied: |
| 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! | 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength! |
| 3What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed! | 3How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight! |
| 4Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth? | 4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth? |
| 5"The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. | 5"The dead tremble--those beneath the waters and all that live in them. |
| 6The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered. | 6The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered. |
| 7He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over 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 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 his clouds over it. | 9He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds. |
| 10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. | 10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. | 11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. |
| 12By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces. | 12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces. |
| 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. | 13By his breath the skies became 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?" | 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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