| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1"Now I'll conclude with this: my heart is trembling violently; it feels like it's about to leap from my body! | 1“My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me. |
| 2Listen carefully to his thundering voice; to the sound that rumbles from his mouth. | 2Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from his mouth. |
| 3He releases his lightning throughout the sky, to the ends of the earth. | 3It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction. |
| 4His thunder roars after it; his majestic voice will thunder; and no one can trace them once his voice has been heard. | 4Then comes the roaring of the thunder— the tremendous voice of his majesty. He does not restrain it when he speaks. |
| 5"God thunders with his wondrous voice; he does awesome works that we don't comprehend. | 5God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power. |
| 6For he says to the snow, 'Fall to the earth.' He tells the rain, 'Pour down,' then it rains profusely. | 6“He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down. |
| 7"He puts a limit to the skill of every person; to delineate all people from what they do. | 7Then everyone stops working so they can watch his power. |
| 8"Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den. | 8The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens. |
| 9"From the south, a whirlwind proceeds, out of the icy north winds. | 9The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold. |
| 10From the breath of God ice is produced, and a wide body of water is frozen. | 10God’s breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water. |
| 11He also loads the clouds with moisture, scattering his lightning with the clouds. | 11He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning. |
| 12It whirls about in circles at his direction to accomplish all that he commands throughout the surface of the entire world, | 12The clouds churn about at his direction. They do whatever he commands throughout the earth. |
| 13whether for discipline on his land or to demonstrate his gracious love, he causes it to be realized." | 13He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love. |
| 14"Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still, and consider the wondrous attributes of God. | 14“Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God! |
| 15Do you know how God ordains them, and makes his lightning to flash throughout his clouds? | 15Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds? |
| 16Do you understand his wondrous work of balancing the clouds, the one whose knowledge is perfect, | 16Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill? |
| 17you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind? | 17When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still, |
| 18Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror? | 18he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror. Can you do that? |
| 19Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness? | 19“So teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments. |
| 20Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?" | 20Should God be notified that I want to speak? Can people even speak when they are confused? |
| 21"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not? | 21We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds. |
| 22From the north he brings gold; around God is awesome splendor. | 22So also, golden splendor comes from the mountain of God. He is clothed in dazzling splendor. |
| 23We cannot find the Almighty— he is majestic in power and justice, and overflowing with righteousness; he never oppresses. | 23We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us. |
| 24Therefore humanity fears him, which none of the wise can quite comprehend." | 24No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence. ” |
The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
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