| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1But Job answered and said: | 1Then Job answered and said: |
| 2“How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength? | 2“How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! |
| 3How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many? | 3How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! |
| 4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you? | 4With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you? |
| 5“The dead tremble, Those under the waters and those inhabiting them. | 5The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants. |
| 6Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering. | 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. |
| 7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. | 7He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it. | 8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. |
| 9He covers the face of His throne, And spreads His cloud over it. | 9He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud. |
| 10He drew a circular horizon on the face 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. |
| 11The pillars of heaven tremble, And are astonished at His rebuke. | 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. |
| 12He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm. | 12By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. |
| 13By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power 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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