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1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place.
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1 "At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
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2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound [that] goeth out of his mouth.
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2 Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
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3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
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3 He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
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4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellence; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
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4 After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
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5 God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things he doeth, which we cannot comprehend.
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5 God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
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6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
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6 He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.'
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7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
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7 So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from his labor.
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8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
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8 The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
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9 From the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold from the north.
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9 The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
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10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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10 The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
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11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
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11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
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12 And it is turned around by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the world on the earth.
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12 At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
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13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
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13 He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his love.
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14 Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
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14 "Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders.
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15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
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15 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
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16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
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16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?
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17 How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?
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17 You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
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18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking-glass?
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18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
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19 Teach us what we shall say to him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.
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19 "Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
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20 Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man shall speak, surely he will be swallowed up.
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20 Should he be told that I want to speak? Would any man ask to be swallowed up?
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21 And now [men] see not the bright light which [is] in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
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21 Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
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22 Fair weather cometh from the north: with God [is] terrible majesty.
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22 Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
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23 [Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice: he will not afflict.
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23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
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24 Men therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.
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24 Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart? "
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