| International Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1In reply, Job responded: | 1Then Job replied: |
| 2"What a help you are to the weak! How powerfully you deliver those without strength! | 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength! |
| 3What counsel you provide to the fool! What insight you provide so abundantly! | 3How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight! |
| 4Who helped you say all of this? Who inspired you?" | 4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth? |
| 5"The ghosts of the dead writhe under the waters along with those who live there with them. | 5"The dead tremble--those beneath the waters and all that live in them. |
| 6Sheol is naked before God and Abaddon has no clothes. | 6The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered. |
| 7He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing. | 7He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing. |
| 8"He restricts the waters within clouds and the clouds don't burst open under them. | 8He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them. |
| 9He has enclosed the face of the full moon and spread his clouds over it. | 9He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds. |
| 10He has delimited a boundary over the surface of the oceans as a limit between light and darkness. | 10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. | 11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. |
| 12By his power he disturbs the sea; and with his skill he shatters the sea monster. | 12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces. |
| 13he clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we've heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?" | 14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?" |
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