| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. | 1"At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. |
| 2Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. | 2Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. |
| 3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. | 3He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. |
| 4Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. | 4After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back. |
| 5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend. | 5God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. |
| 6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’ | 6He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.' |
| 7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work. | 7So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor. |
| 8The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens. | 8The animals take cover; they remain in their dens. |
| 9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. | 9The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds. |
| 10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. | 10The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen. |
| 11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. | 11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. |
| 12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. | 12At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them. |
| 13Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion. | 13He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love. |
| 14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God. | 14"Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders. |
| 15Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash? | 15Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? |
| 16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge? | 16Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge? |
| 17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind, | 17You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind, |
| 18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze? | 18can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze? |
| 19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness. | 19"Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness. |
| 20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up? | 20Should he be told that I want to speak? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up? |
| 21Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. | 21Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. |
| 22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him. | 22Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty. |
| 23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress. | 23The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. |
| 24Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.” | 24Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?" |
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