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Who do you think will hear all your words?
    Who inspired you to speak like this?

[Bildad][a]

The spirits of the dead tremble
    in the waters under the earth.
The world of the dead lies open to God;
    no covering shields it from his sight.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:5 Bildad is not named in the text, but this speech is usually assigned to him.

Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(A)

“The dead are in deep anguish,(B)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The realm of the dead(C) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](D) lies uncovered.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon