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1 Then Job responded ,
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Then Job replied:
2 "What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 "What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
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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 uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 "The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 "Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 "He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs 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 wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 "He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 "He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.
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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 amazed at His rebuke.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 "He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 "By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 "Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?"
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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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