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New International Version NIV
1 Then Job answered and said,
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Then Job replied:
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
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He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Lo, 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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And 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?”
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