| Christian Standard Bible | New International Version |
| 1My heart pounds at this and leaps from my chest. | 1"At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. |
| 2Just listen to his thunderous voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth. | 2Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. |
| 3He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; his lightning to the ends of the earth. | 3He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. |
| 4Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with his majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when his rumbling voice is heard. | 4After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back. |
| 5God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend. | 5God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. |
| 6For he says to the snow, "Fall to the earth," and the torrential rains, his mighty torrential rains, | 6He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.' |
| 7serve as his sign to all mankind, so that all men may know his work. | 7So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor. |
| 8The wild animals enter their lairs and stay in their dens. | 8The animals take cover; they remain in their dens. |
| 9The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. | 9The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds. |
| 10Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen. | 10The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen. |
| 11He saturates clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. | 11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. |
| 12They swirl about, turning round and round at his direction, accomplishing everything he commands them over the surface of the inhabited world. | 12At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them. |
| 13He causes this to happen for punishment, for his land, or for his faithful love. | 13He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love. |
| 14Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God's wonders. | 14"Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders. |
| 15Do you know how God directs his clouds or makes their lightning flash? | 15Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? |
| 16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of him who has perfect knowledge? | 16Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge? |
| 17You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land, | 17You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind, |
| 18can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror? | 18can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze? |
| 19Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness. | 19"Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness. |
| 20Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a man speak when he is confused? | 20Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up? |
| 21Now no one can even look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared the clouds away. | 21Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. |
| 22Yet out of the north he comes, shrouded in a golden glow; awesome majesty surrounds him. | 22Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty. |
| 23The Almighty--we cannot reach him--he is exalted in power! He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness, | 23The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. |
| 24therefore, men fear him. He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart. | 24Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?" |
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