New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 This too makes my heart beat wildly
and start from its place.
2 Listen, listen to the thunder of God's voice
and the rumbling of his utterance.
3 Under the vault of heaven he lets it roll,
and his lightning reaches the ends of the earth;
4 there follows a sound of roaring
as he thunders with the voice of majesty. note
5 God's voice is marvellous in its working; note
he does great deeds that pass our knowledge.
6 For he says to the snow, ‘Fall to earth’,
and to the rainstorms, ‘Be fierce.’
And when his voice is heard,
the floods of rain pour down unchecked. note
7 He shuts every man fast indoors, note
and all men whom he has made must stand idle;
8 the beasts withdraw into their lairs
and take refuge in their dens.
9 The hurricane bursts from its prison,
and the rain-winds bring bitter cold;
10 at the breath of God the ice-sheet is formed,
and the wide waters are frozen hard as iron.
11 He gives the dense clouds their load of moisture,
and the clouds spread his mist note abroad,
12 as they travel round in their courses,
steered by his guiding hand
to do his bidding
all over the habitable world. note
14 Listen, Job, to this argument;
stand still, and consider God's wonderful works.
15 Do you know how God assigns them their tasks,
how he sends light flashing from his clouds?
16 Do you know why the clouds hang poised overhead,
a wonderful work of his consummate skill,
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Speeches of Elihu
17 sweating there in your stifling clothes,
when the earth lies sultry under the south wind?
18 Can you beat out the vault of the skies, as he does,
hard as a mirror of cast metal?
19 Teach us then what to say to him;
for all is dark, and we cannot marshal our thoughts.
20 Can any man dictate to God when he is note to speak?
or command him to make proclamation?
21 At one moment the light is not seen,
it is overcast with clouds and rain;
then the wind passes by and clears them away,
22 and a golden glow comes from the north. note
23 But the Almighty we cannot find; his power is beyond our ken,
and his righteousness not slow to do justice.
24 Therefore mortal men pay him reverence,
and all who are wise look to him. note
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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