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1 Then Job answered:
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Then Job replied:
2 "You are no help to the helpless! You have not aided the weak!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 Your advice lacks wisdom! You have shown little understanding!
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 Who has helped you say these words? And where did you get these ideas?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 "The spirits of the dead tremble, those who are beneath and in the waters.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Death is naked before God; destruction is uncovered before him.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
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He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds do not break under their weight.
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the moon, spreading his clouds over it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 He draws the horizon like a circle on the water at the place where light and darkness meet.
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He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
11 Heaven's foundations shake when he thunders at them.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 With his power he quiets the sea; by his wisdom he destroys Rahab, the sea monster.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 He breathes, and the sky clears. His hand stabs the fleeing snake.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 And these are only a small part of God's works. We only hear a small whisper of him.
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And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
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