GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Then Job replied [to his friends],
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Then Job replied:
2 "You have helped the person who has no power and saved the arm that isn't strong.
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 You have advised the person who has no wisdom and offered so much assistance.
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 To whom have you spoken [these] words, and whose spirit has spoken through you?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 "The souls of the dead tremble beneath the water, and so do the creatures living there.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Sheol is naked in God's presence, and Abaddon has no clothing.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 "He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.
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He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 He holds the water in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't [even] split under its [weight].
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He covers his throne by spreading his cloud over it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 He marks the horizon on the surface of the water at the boundary where light meets 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 and are astonished when he yells at them.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 With his power he calmed the sea. With his insight he killed Rahab [the sea monster].
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 With his wind the sky was cleared. With his hand he stabbed the fleeing snake.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 "These are only glimpses of what he does. We [only] hear a whisper of him! Who can understand the thunder of his 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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