Job's Reply to Bildad
You Have Really Been Helpful
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1 Job said:
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1 But Job answered and said,
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2 You have really been helpful
to someone weak and weary.
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2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
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3 You have given great advice
and wonderful wisdom
to someone truly in need.
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3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
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4 How can anyone possibly speak
with such understanding?
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4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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5 Remember the terrible trembling
of those in the world of the dead
below the mighty ocean.
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5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. and the...: or, with the inhabitants
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6 Nothing in that land
of death and destruction
is hidden from God,
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6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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7 who hung the northern sky
and suspended the earth
on empty space.
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7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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8 God stores water in clouds,
but they don't burst,
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8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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9 and he wraps them around
the face of the moon.
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9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
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10 On the surface of the ocean,
God has drawn a boundary line
between light and darkness.
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10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. until...: Heb. until the end of light with darkness
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11 And columns supporting the sky
tremble at his command.
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11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
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12 By his power and wisdom,
God conquered the force
of the mighty ocean. c 26.12 the force of the mighty ocean: The Hebrew text has “the ocean ... Rahab.” In this passage the sea monster Rahab stands for the fearsome power of the ocean (see the notes at 3.8 and 9.13).
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12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. the proud: Heb. pride
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13 The heavens became bright
when he breathed,
and the escaping sea monster d 26.13 sea monster: The Hebrew text has “snake,” which probably stands for some kind of fearsome sea monster, such as Leviathan (see Isaiah 27.1).
died at the hands of God.
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13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
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14 These things are merely a whisper
of God's power at work.
How little we would understand
if this whisper
ever turned into thunder!
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14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
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