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The Message Bible MSG
1 Then Job answered:
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Job answered:
2 "How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!
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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 counseled one who has no wisdom, and given much good advice!
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What wonderful advice you've given to a mixed-up man! What amazing insights you've provided!
4 With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?
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Where in the world did you learn all this? How did you become so inspired?
5 The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.
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"All the buried dead are in torment, and all who've been drowned in the deep, deep sea.
6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
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Hell is ripped open before God, graveyards dug up and exposed.
7 He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
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He spreads the skies over unformed space, hangs the earth out in empty space.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn open by them.
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He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags and the bags don't burst.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, and spreads over it his cloud.
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He makes the moon wax and wane, putting it through its phases.
10 He has described a circle on the face of the waters, at the boundary between light and darkness.
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He draws the horizon out over the ocean, sets a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded 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 he stilled the Sea; by his understanding he struck down Rahab.
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By his power he stills sea storms, by his wisdom he tames sea monsters.
13 By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
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With one breath he clears the sky, with one finger he crushes the sea serpent.
14 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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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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