Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
15 The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
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“He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
16 At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.
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When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
17 Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image, And there is no breath in them.
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“Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
18 Vanity [are] they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
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They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
19 Not like these [is] the portion of Jacob, For He [is] former of all things, And [Israel is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
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He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including the people of his inheritance— the LORD Almighty is his name.
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