Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 And Job answereth and saith: --
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Then Job replied:
2 What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
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He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 Binding 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 Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
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He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
11 Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten 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 the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth 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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