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