(A)God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;
He (B)shakes the earth out of its place,
And its (C)pillars tremble;
He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;
(D)He alone spreads out the heavens,
And [a]treads on the [b]waves of the sea;
(E)He made [c]the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
10 (F)He does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:8 walks
  2. Job 9:8 Lit. heights
  3. Job 9:9 Heb. Ash, Kesil, and Kimah

His wisdom(A) is profound, his power is vast.(B)
    Who has resisted(C) him and come out unscathed?(D)
He moves mountains(E) without their knowing it
    and overturns them in his anger.(F)
He shakes the earth(G) from its place
    and makes its pillars tremble.(H)
He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(I)
    he seals off the light of the stars.(J)
He alone stretches out the heavens(K)
    and treads on the waves of the sea.(L)
He is the Maker(M) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(N)
10 He performs wonders(O) that cannot be fathomed,
    miracles that cannot be counted.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:9 Or of Leo

31 “Can you bind the cluster of the (A)Pleiades,[a]
Or loose the belt of Orion?
32 Can you bring out [b]Mazzaroth in its season?
Or can you guide [c]the Great Bear with its cubs?
33 Do you know (B)the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you set their dominion over the earth?

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  1. Job 38:31 Or the Seven Stars
  2. Job 38:32 Lit. Constellations
  3. Job 38:32 Or Arcturus

31 “Can you bind the chains[a] of the Pleiades?
    Can you loosen Orion’s belt?(A)
32 Can you bring forth the constellations(B) in their seasons[b]
    or lead out the Bear[c] with its cubs?(C)
33 Do you know the laws(D) of the heavens?(E)
    Can you set up God’s[d] dominion over the earth?

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  1. Job 38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty
  2. Job 38:32 Or the morning star in its season
  3. Job 38:32 Or out Leo
  4. Job 38:33 Or their

You who (A)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”

He made the (B)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(C)And makes the day dark as night;
He (D)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(E)The Lord is His name.

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There are those who turn justice into bitterness(A)
    and cast righteousness(B) to the ground.(C)

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(D)
    who turns midnight into dawn(E)
    and darkens day into night,(F)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(G)

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