| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then Job answered: | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! | 2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! |
| 3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! | 3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! |
| 4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? | 4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? |
| 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them. | 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 the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. | 7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. |
| 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight. | 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. |
| 9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. | 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud. |
| 10He laid out the horizon on the surface 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 that hold up the sky tremble, astounded at His rebuke. | 11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. |
| 12By His power He stirred the sea, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab. | 12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. |
| 13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder? | 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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