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1 Then Job responded ,
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Then Job answered and said:
2 "What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength!
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"How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3 "What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
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How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 "To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you?
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With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you?
5 "The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants.
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The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 "Naked is Sheol before Him, 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 empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.
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He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 "He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.
9 "He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it.
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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 surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.
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He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 "The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke.
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 "He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
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By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
13 "By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has 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 the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?"
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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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