The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New Living Translation NLT
1 Then Iyov replied,
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Then Job spoke again:
2 "What great help you bring to the powerless! what deliverance to the arm without strength!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak!
3 Such wonderful advice for a man lacking wisdom! So much common sense you've expressed!
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How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!
4 Who helped you to say these words? Whose spirit is it, coming forth from you?
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Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you?
5 "The ghosts of the dead tremble beneath the water, with its creatures.
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“The dead tremble— those who live beneath the waters.
6 Sh'ol is naked before him; Abaddon lies uncovered.
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The underworld is naked in God’s presence. The place of destruction is uncovered.
7 He stretches the north over chaos and suspends the earth on nothing.
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God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He binds up the water in his thick clouds, yet no cloud is torn apart by it.
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He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.
9 He shuts off the view of his throne by spreading his cloud across it.
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He covers the face of the moon, shrouding it with his clouds.
10 He fixed a circle on the surface of the water, defining the boundary between light and dark.
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He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble, aghast at his rebuke.
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The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his skill he strikes down Rahav.
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By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monster.
13 With his Spirit he spreads the heavens; his hand pierces the fleeing serpent.
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His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
14 And these are but the fringes of his ways; how faint the echo we hear of him! But who is able to grasp the meaning of his thundering power?"
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These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”
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