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New International Version NIV
1 Then Job answered:
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Then Job replied:
2 "How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 How you have counseled him who has 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 With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.
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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 has no covering.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs 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 binds 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 covers the face of the moon, and spreads over it his cloud.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 He has described a circle upon the face of the waters at the boundary between 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 astounded at his rebuke.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he smote Rahab.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing 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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