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1 Then Job answered, and said:
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Then Job replied:
2 Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth 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 bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
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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 dread at his beck.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
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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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