| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1“My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me. | 1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. |
| 2Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from his mouth. | 2Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. |
| 3It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction. | 3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. |
| 4Then comes the roaring of the thunder— the tremendous voice of his majesty. He does not restrain it when he speaks. | 4Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. |
| 5God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power. | 5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend. |
| 6“He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down. | 6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’ |
| 7Then everyone stops working so they can watch his power. | 7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work. |
| 8The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens. | 8The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens. |
| 9The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold. | 9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. |
| 10God’s breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water. | 10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. |
| 11He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning. | 11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. |
| 12The clouds churn about at his direction. They do whatever he commands throughout the earth. | 12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. |
| 13He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love. | 13Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion. |
| 14“Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God! | 14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God. |
| 15Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds? | 15Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash? |
| 16Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill? | 16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge? |
| 17When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still, | 17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind, |
| 18he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror. Can you do that? | 18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze? |
| 19“So teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments. | 19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness. |
| 20Should God be notified that I want to speak? Can people even speak when they are confused? | 20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up? |
| 21We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds. | 21Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. |
| 22So also, golden splendor comes from the mountain of God. He is clothed in dazzling splendor. | 22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him. |
| 23We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us. | 23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress. |
| 24No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence. ” | 24Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.” |
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