New International Version NIV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Then Job replied:
1
And Job answereth and saith: --
2 “How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
2
What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
3
What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
4 Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
4
With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?
5 “The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
5
The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
6 The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
6
Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.
7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
7
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
8
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
9
Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
10
A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
11
Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
12
By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.
13 By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
13
By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand 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?”
14
Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.