The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 Then Iyov replied,
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Then Job replied:
2 "What great help you bring to the powerless! what deliverance to the arm without strength!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 Such wonderful advice for a man lacking wisdom! So much common sense you've expressed!
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 Who helped you to say these words? Whose spirit is it, coming forth from you?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 "The ghosts of the dead tremble beneath the water, with its creatures.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Sh'ol is naked before him; Abaddon lies uncovered.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 He stretches the north over chaos and suspends the earth on 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 water in his thick clouds, yet no cloud is torn apart by it.
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He shuts off the view of his throne by spreading his cloud across it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 He fixed a circle on the surface of the water, defining the boundary between light and dark.
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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, aghast at his rebuke.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his skill he strikes down Rahav.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 With his Spirit he spreads the heavens; his hand pierces the fleeing serpent.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 And these are but the fringes of his ways; how faint the echo we hear of him! But who is able to grasp the meaning of his thundering power?"
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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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