Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 Then Job answered, and said:
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Then Job spoke again:
2 Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak!
3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
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How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!
4 Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
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Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you?
5 Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
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“The dead tremble— those who live beneath the waters.
6 Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.
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The underworld is naked in God’s presence. The place of destruction is uncovered.
7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
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He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.
9 He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
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He covers the face of the moon, shrouding it with his clouds.
10 He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
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He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
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The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke.
12 By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
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By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monster.
13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
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His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
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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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