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1. Then Job replied:
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1. But Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. "How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength!
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2. How H4100 hast thou helped H5826 him that is without H3808 power H3581 ? how savest H3467 thou the arm H2220 that hath no H3808 strength H5797 ?
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3. How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!
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3. How H4100 hast thou counseled H3289 him that hath no H3808 wisdom H2451 ? and how hast thou plentifully H7230 declared H3045 the thing H8454 as it is?
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4. To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?
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4. To H854 whom H4310 hast thou uttered H5046 words H4405 ? and whose H4310 spirit H5397 came H3318 from H4480 thee?
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5. "The dead tremble� those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
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5. Dead H7496 things are formed H2342 from under H4480 H8478 the waters H4325 , and the inhabitants H7931 thereof.
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6. The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.
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6. Hell H7585 is naked H6174 before H5048 him , and destruction H11 hath no H369 covering H3682 .
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7. He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.
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7. He stretcheth out H5186 the north H6828 over H5921 the empty place H8414 , and hangeth H8518 the earth H776 upon H5921 nothing H1099 .
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8. He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
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8. He bindeth up H6887 the waters H4325 in his thick clouds H5645 ; and the cloud H6051 is not rent H1234 H3808 under H8478 them.
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9. He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.
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9. He holdeth back H270 the face H6440 of his throne H3678 , and spreadeth H6576 his cloud H6051 upon H5921 it.
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10. He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.
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10. He hath compassed H2328 H5921 the waters H6440 H4325 with bounds H2706 , until H5704 the day H216 and night H2822 come to an end H8503 .
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11. The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.
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11. The pillars H5982 of heaven H8064 tremble H7322 and are astonished H8539 at his reproof H4480 H1606 .
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12. By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.
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12. He divideth H7280 the sea H3220 with his power H3581 , and by his understanding H8394 he smiteth through H4272 the proud H7293 .
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13. By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
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13. By his spirit H7307 he hath garnished H8235 the heavens H8064 ; his hand H3027 hath formed H2490 the crooked H1281 serpent H5175 .
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14. Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"
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14. Lo H2005 , these H428 are parts H7098 of his ways H1870 : but how H4100 little H8102 a portion H1697 is heard H8085 of him? but the thunder H7482 of his power H1369 who H4310 can understand H995 ?
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