Parallel Chapters Job: who Can Understand God's Majesty | 1Then Job replied: | 1Then Job answered and said: | 1Then Job responded, | 1But Job answered and said, | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! | 2“How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! | 2"What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength! | 2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? | 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! |
| 3What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed! | 3How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! | 3"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided! | 3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? | 3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! |
| 4Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth? | 4With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you? | 4"To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you? | 4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? | 4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? |
| 5"The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. | 5The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants. | 5"The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants. | 5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. | 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them. |
| 6The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered. | 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. | 6"Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering. | 6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. | 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. |
| 7He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. | 7He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. | 7"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. | 7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. | 7He stretches the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. |
| 8He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. | 8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. | 8"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them. | 8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. | 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight. |
| 9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. | 9He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud. | 9"He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. | 9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. | 9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. |
| 10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. | 10He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. | 10"He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness. | 10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. | 10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. | 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. | 11"The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke. | 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. | 11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, astounded at His rebuke. |
| 12By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces. | 12By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. | 12"He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. | 12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. | 12By His power He stirred the sea, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab. |
| 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. | 13By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13"By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. | 13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?" | 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?” | 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?" | 14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard 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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