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1 Then Job said:
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Then Job answered:
2 How well you have helped the weak, saved those with frail arms,
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"How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!
3 advised one lacking wisdom, informed many with insight!
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How you have counseled one who has no wisdom, and given much good advice!
4 With whom have you spoken; whose breath was expelled from you?
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With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?
5 The dead writhe, the inhabitants beneath the waters as well.
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The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.
6 The grave is naked before God; the underworld lacks covering.
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Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretched the North over chaos, hung earth over nothing;
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He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 wrapped up water in his clouds, yet they didn't burst out below;
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn open by them.
9 hid the face of the full moon, spreading his cloud over it;
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He covers the face of the full moon, and spreads over it his cloud.
10 traced a circle on the water's surface, at the limit of light and darkness.
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He has described a circle on the face of the waters, at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 Heaven's pillars shook, terrified by his blast.
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The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 By his power he stilled the Sea; split Rahab with his cleverness.
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By his power he stilled the Sea; by his understanding he struck down Rahab.
13 Due to his wind, heaven became clear; his hand split the fleeing serpent.
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By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Look, these are only the outer fringe of his ways; we hear only a whispered word about him. Who can understand his thunderous power?
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These are indeed but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
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