| English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then Job answered and said: | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2“How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! | 2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! |
| 3How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! | 3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! |
| 4With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you? | 4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? |
| 5The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants. | 5The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. |
| 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. | 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. |
| 7He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. | 7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. |
| 8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. | 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. |
| 9He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud. | 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. |
| 10He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. | 10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. | 11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. |
| 12By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. | 12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. |
| 13By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14Behold, these are 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?” | 14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?” |
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