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1 Then Job replied:
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Then Job answered:
2 “How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
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"How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
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How you have counseled one who has no wisdom, and given much good advice!
4 Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
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With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?
5 “The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.
6 The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
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Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
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He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
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He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn open by them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, and spreads over it his cloud.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
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He has described a circle on the face of the waters, at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
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The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
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By his power he stilled the Sea; by his understanding he struck down Rahab.
13 By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
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By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 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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These are indeed 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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