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New International Version NIV
1 Yuēbó huídá shuō ,
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Then Job replied:
2 Wú néng de rén , méng nǐ hédĕng de bāngzhu . bǎngbì wúlì de rén , méng nǐ hédĕng de zhĕngjiù .
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 Wú zhìhuì de rén , méng nǐ hédĕng de zhǐjiào . nǐ xiàng tā duō xiǎn dà zhīshi .
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 Nǐ xiàng shuí fāchū yányǔ lái . shuí de líng cóng nǐ ér chū .
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 Zaì dà shuǐ , hé shuǐzú yǐxià de yīn hún , zhàn jīng .
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Zaì shén miànqián , yīnjiān xiǎnlù . mièwáng yĕ bùdé zhēyǎn .
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 Shén jiāng bĕi jí pū zaì kōng zhōng , jiāng dàdì xuán zaì xū kōng .
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He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 Jiāng shuǐ bāo zaì mì yún zhōng , yún què bù pòliè .
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 Zhē bì tāde bǎozuò , jiāng yún pū zaì qí shang .
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 Zaì shuǐ miàn de zhōuwéi huá chū jiè xiàn , zhídào guāngmíng hēiàn de jiāo jiè .
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He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
11 Tiān de zhùzi , yīn tāde chìzé , zhèndòng jīngqí .
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 Tā yǐ nénglì jiǎo dòng ( huò zuò píngjìng ) dà hǎi , tā jiè zhīshi dá shāng Lāhǎbǎi .
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 Jiè tāde líng shǐ tiān yǒu zhuāngshì , tāde shǒu cī shā kuaì shé .
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Kàn nǎ , zhè bú guō shì shén gōngzuò de xiē wēi . wǒmen suǒ tīng yú tāde , shì hédĕng xì wēi de shēngyīn . tā dà néng de léi shēng shuí néng míng tòu ne .
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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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