Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 What a big help you are to me -
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Then Job answered,
2 poor, weak man that I am!
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"How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
3 You give such good advice and share your knowledge with a fool like me!
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How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 Who do you think will hear all your words? Who inspired you to speak like this?
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To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
5 The spirits of the dead tremble in the waters under the earth.
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"Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 The world of the dead lies open to God; no covering shields it from his sight.
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Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon has no covering.
7 God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.
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He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing.
8 It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
9 He hides the full moon behind a cloud.
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He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it.
10 He divided light from darkness by a circle drawn on the face of the sea.
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He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.
11 When he threatens the pillars that hold up the sky, they shake and tremble with fear.
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The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
12 It is his strength that conquered the sea; by his skill he destroyed the monster Rahab.
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He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 It is his breath that made the sky clear, and his hand that killed the escaping monster.
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By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 But these are only hints of his power, only the whispers that we have heard. Who can know how truly great God is?
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Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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