The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 "At this, my own heart trembles and leaps out of its place.
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“At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
2 Just listen to the rumbling of his voice, to the thunder that comes from his mouth!
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Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
3 He sends it out under all of heaven, his lightning to the ends of the earth.
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He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4 There follows a sound, a roar -he is thundering with his majestic voice, and he keeps releasing [the lightning] even while his voice is being heard.
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After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
5 "God thunders wonderfully with his voice, he does great things beyond our understanding.
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God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
6 He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth!'-likewise to the light rain, also to the downpour.
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He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
7 He brings all human activity to a stop, so that everyone he has made can know it.
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So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor.
8 Then the animals go into their lairs and hibernate in their dens.
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The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
9 "Out of its chamber comes the storm, with cold out of the north.
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The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
10 By the breath of God, ice is given, and the wide waters freeze over.
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The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
11 He weighs the clouds down with moisture, and they flash forth his lightning.
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He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
12 He, by his plans, turns them around, so they do what he commands them anywhere on earth;
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At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
13 he brings them forth on the earth sometimes to punish, sometimes to express his grace.
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He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love.
14 "Listen to this, Iyov! Stop, and consider God's wonders.
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“Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.
15 Do you know how God puts them in place, how he causes lightning to flash from his cloud?
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Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
16 Do you know how he balances the clouds? These are marvels of him who knows everything!
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Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?
17 "You, sweltering in your clothing as the earth lies still under a sultry south wind,
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You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
18 can you, with him, spread out the sky, hard as a cast metal mirror?
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can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
19 Teach us what we should tell him, for the darkness keeps us from organizing our case.
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“Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
20 Is he to be told that I will speak? Can a man speak at all when he is already swallowed up?
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Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
21 Now people don't see the light, which is bright in the sky; but then the wind blows and clears [the clouds] away.
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Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north comes a golden glow, fearsome majesty surrounding God.
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Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
23 Shaddai, whom we cannot find, whose power is immense, in his great righteousness does not pervert justice.
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The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
24 This is why people fear him; he does not consider those who think of themselves as wise."
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Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart? ”
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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