Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 Then Iyov answered,
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Job answered:
2 "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
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"Well, you've certainly been a great help to a helpless man! You came to the rescue just in the nick of time!
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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What wonderful advice you've given to a mixed-up man! What amazing insights you've provided!
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
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Where in the world did you learn all this? How did you become so inspired?
5 "Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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"All the buried dead are in torment, and all who've been drowned in the deep, deep sea.
6 She'ol is naked before God, And Avaddon has no covering.
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Hell is ripped open before God, graveyards dug up and exposed.
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the eretz on nothing.
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He spreads the skies over unformed space, hangs the earth out in empty space.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
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He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags and the bags don't burst.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it.
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He makes the moon wax and wane, putting it through its phases.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.
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He draws the horizon out over the ocean, sets a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
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Thunder crashes and rumbles in the skies. Listen! It's God raising his voice!
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rachav.
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By his power he stills sea storms, by his wisdom he tames sea monsters.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
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With one breath he clears the sky, with one finger he crushes the sea serpent.
14 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?"
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And this is only the beginning, a mere whisper of his rule. Whatever would we do if he really raised his voice!"
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