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Job 37:14-24 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

14. Job, consider carefullythe many wonders of God.

15. Can you explain why lightningflashes at the orders

16. of God who knows all things?Or how he hangs the cloudsin empty space?

17. You almost melt in the heatof fierce desert windswhen the sky is like brass.

18. God can spread out the cloudsto get relief from the heat,but can you?

19. Tell us what to say to God!Our minds are in the dark,and we don't know howto argue our case.

20. Should I risk my lifeby telling Godthat I want to speak?

21. No one can stare at the sunafter a breeze has blownthe clouds from the sky.

22. Yet the glorious splendourof God All-Powerfulis brighter by far.

23. God cannot be seen—but his power is great,and he is always fair.

24. And so we humans fear God,because he shows no respectfor those who are proudand think they know so much.

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