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1 Then Job answered,
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Then Job replied:
2 "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5 "Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon has no covering.
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The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing.
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He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
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He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.
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He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
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The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
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By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
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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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