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1 Then Job answered and said:
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Then Job answered:
2 “How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
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"How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!
3 How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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How you have counseled one who has no wisdom, and given much good advice!
4 With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you?
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With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?
5 The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants.
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The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.
6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
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Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.
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He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn open by them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud.
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He covers the face of the full moon, and spreads over it his cloud.
10 He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between 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 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke.
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The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
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By his power he stilled the Sea; by his understanding he struck down Rahab.
13 By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
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By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are 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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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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