| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1But Job answered and said: | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2“How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength? | 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! |
| 3How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many? | 3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! |
| 4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you? | 4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? |
| 5“The dead tremble, Those under the waters and those inhabiting them. | 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them. |
| 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 the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it. | 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight. |
| 9He covers the face of His throne, And spreads His cloud over it. | 9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. |
| 10He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, At the boundary of light and darkness. | 10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars of heaven tremble, And are astonished at His rebuke. | 11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, 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 stirred the sea, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab. |
| 13By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; 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?” | 14These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder? |
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