Holman Christian Standard Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
1Then Job answered: | 1Then Job answered: |
2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! | 2How you have helped the powerless and delivered the arm that is weak! |
3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! | 3How you have counseled the unwise and thoroughly explained the path to success! |
4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? | 4Who did you speak these words to? Whose breath came out of your mouth? |
5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them. | 5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them. |
6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. | 6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. |
7He stretches the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on 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 beneath their weight. | 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight. |
9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. | 9He obscures the view of His throne, spreading His cloud over it. |
10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. | 10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, astounded at His rebuke. | 11The pillars that hold up the sky tremble, astounded at His rebuke. |
12By His power He stirred the sea, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab. | 12By His power He stirred the sea, and by His understanding He crushed Rahab. |
13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. | 13By His breath the heavens gained their beauty; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
14These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder? | 14These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder? |
Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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