The Webster Bible WBT
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1 But Job answered and said,
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Then Job replied:
2 How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou 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 counseled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou abundantly declared the thing as it is?
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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 from thee?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 Dead [things] are formed from under 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 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction 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 the empty place, [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 holdeth back 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 encompassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
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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 reproof.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 He divideth the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard 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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