Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable
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But Job answered and said:
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"How have you helped him who is without power?
How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
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How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?
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To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?
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"The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
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a Sheol is naked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering.
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b He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
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c He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds are not broken under it.
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He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.
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d He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.
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The pillars of heaven tremble,
And are astonished at His rebuke.
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e He stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.
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f By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced g the fleeing serpent.
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Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?"
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Cross References
Psalms 139:8
If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
Proverbs 15:11
Hell and Destruction are before the LORD; So how much more the hearts of the sons of men.
Hebrews 4:13
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
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Cross References
Job 9:8
He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea.
Psalms 24:2
For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.
Psalms 104:2
Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
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Cross References
Job 37:11
Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds.
Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?
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Cross References
Job 38:1 - 11
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Psalms 33:7
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.
Psalms 104:9
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth.
Proverbs 8:29
When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?' says the LORD. 'Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
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Cross References
Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
Job 9:13
God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
Isaiah 51:15
But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared - The LORD of hosts is His name.
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The LORD of hosts is His name):
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Cross References
Job 9:8
He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea.
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
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Cross References
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
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