| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1Then Job responded, | 1Then Job answered and said: |
| 2"What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength! | 2“How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! |
| 3"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided! | 3How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! |
| 4"To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you? | 4With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you? |
| 5"The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants. | 5The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants. |
| 6"Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering. | 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. |
| 7"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. | 7He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them. | 8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. |
| 9"He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. | 9He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud. |
| 10"He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness. | 10He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11"The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke. | 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. |
| 12"He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. | 12By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. |
| 13"By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14"Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?" | 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?” |
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