New Living Translation NLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 Then Job spoke again:
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Job answered:
2 “How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak!
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"Well, you've certainly been a great help to a helpless man! You came to the rescue just in the nick of time!
3 How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!
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What wonderful advice you've given to a mixed-up man! What amazing insights you've provided!
4 Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you?
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Where in the world did you learn all this? How did you become so inspired?
5 “The dead tremble— those who live beneath the waters.
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"All the buried dead are in torment, and all who've been drowned in the deep, deep sea.
6 The underworld is naked in God’s presence. The place of destruction is uncovered.
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Hell is ripped open before God, graveyards dug up and exposed.
7 God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
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He spreads the skies over unformed space, hangs the earth out in empty space.
8 He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.
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He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags and the bags don't burst.
9 He covers the face of the moon, shrouding it with his clouds.
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He makes the moon wax and wane, putting it through its phases.
10 He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night.
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He draws the horizon out over the ocean, sets a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke.
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Thunder crashes and rumbles in the skies. Listen! It's God raising his voice!
12 By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monster.
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By his power he stills sea storms, by his wisdom he tames sea monsters.
13 His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
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With one breath he clears the sky, with one finger he crushes the sea serpent.
14 These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”
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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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