Job 26:3-5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 How you have counseled him who has no wisdom,
    and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 With whose help have you uttered words,
    and whose spirit has come forth from you?
5 The shades below tremble,
    the waters and their inhabitants.
Job 26:3-5
New International Version
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight(A) you have displayed!
4 Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(B)
5 “The dead are in deep anguish,(C)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Job 26:3-5
King James Version
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
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Job 26:3-5
New King James Version
3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?
4 To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?
5 “The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
Job 26:3-5
English Standard Version
3 How you have (A)counseled him who has no wisdom,
    and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4 With whose help have you uttered words,
    and whose breath (B)has come out from you?
5 The (C)dead tremble
    under the waters and their inhabitants.
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