| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Job answered: | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! | 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! |
| 3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! | 3How you have counseled the unwise and abundantly provided insight! |
| 4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? | 4With whom did you speak these words? Whose breath came out of your mouth? |
| 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them. | 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit 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 the northern skies over empty space; he hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight. | 8He wraps up the water in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight. |
| 9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. | 9He obscures the view of his throne, spreading his cloud over it. |
| 10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. | 10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, astounded at His rebuke. | 11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, 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, and by his understanding he crushed Rahab. |
| 13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By his breath the heavens gained their beauty; 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? | 14These are but the fringes of his ways; how faint is the word we hear of him! Who can understand his mighty thunder? |
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