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Job Rebukes Bildad
Then Job 1Lit responded and saidresponded,
“What a help you are to 1Lit no powerAJob 6:11, 12the weak!
How you have saved the arm BPs 71:9without strength!
“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly 1Lit made knownprovided!
“To whom have you uttered words?
And whose 1Lit breath has gone forthspirit was expressed through you?
 
The Greatness of God
“The 1Or shades; Heb RephaimAJob 3:13; Ps 88:10departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
“Naked is 1I.e. the nether worldAJob 9:5-10; 26:6-14; 38:17; 41:11Sheol before Him,
And 2I.e. place of destructionBJob 28:22; 31:12Abaddon has no covering.
“He AJob 9:8stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
“He AJob 37:11; Prov 30:4wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
“He 1Lit coversAJob 22:14; Ps 97:2; 105:39obscures the face of the 2Or thronefull moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 “He has inscribed a AJob 38:1-11; Prov 8:29circle on the surface of the waters
At the BJob 38:19, 20, 24boundary of light and darkness.
11 “The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.
12 “He AIs 51:15; Jer 31:35quieted the sea with His power,
And by His BJob 12:13understanding He shattered CJob 9:13Rahab.
13 “By His breath the AJob 9:8heavens are 1Lit made beautifulcleared;
His hand has pierced BIs 27:1the fleeing serpent.
14 “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint AJob 4:12a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty BJob 36:29; 37:4, 5thunder, who can understand?”

126:1 Lit responded and said

126:2 Lit no power

A26:2 Job 6:11, 12

B26:2 Ps 71:9

126:3 Lit made known

126:4 Lit breath has gone forth

126:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim

A26:5 Job 3:13; Ps 88:10

126:6 I.e. the nether world

A26:6 Job 9:5-10; 26:6-14; 38:17; 41:11

226:6 I.e. place of destruction

B26:6 Job 28:22; 31:12

A26:7 Job 9:8

A26:8 Job 37:11; Prov 30:4

126:9 Lit covers

A26:9 Job 22:14; Ps 97:2; 105:39

226:9 Or throne

A26:10 Job 38:1-11; Prov 8:29

B26:10 Job 38:19, 20, 24

A26:12 Is 51:15; Jer 31:35

B26:12 Job 12:13

C26:12 Job 9:13

A26:13 Job 9:8

126:13 Lit made beautiful

B26:13 Is 27:1

A26:14 Job 4:12

B26:14 Job 36:29; 37:4, 5