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| 1. | But Job answered and said, | Then Job answered, | Then Job made answer and said, | ||
| 2. | How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? | "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength! | How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength! | ||
| 3. | How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? | How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! | How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge! | ||
| 4. | To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? | To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you? | To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you? | ||
| 5. | Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. | "Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. | The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them. | ||
| 6. | Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. | Sheol{Sheol is the lower world or the grave.} is naked before God, and Abaddon{Abaddon means Destroyer.} has no covering. | The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. | ||
| 7. | He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. | He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing. | By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing. | ||
| 8. | He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. | He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them. | By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them. | ||
| 9. | He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. | He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it. | By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it. | ||
| 10. | He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. | He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness. | By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark. | ||
| 11. | The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. | The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke. | The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words. | ||
| 12. | He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. | He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab. | By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded. | ||
| 13. | By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. | By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent. | By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through. | ||
| 14. | Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? | 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?" | See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge. | ||