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Job 38; Job 39
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Job 38
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Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
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āWho is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
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Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
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āWhere were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
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Who determined its measurementsāsurely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
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On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,
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when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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āOr who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,
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when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
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and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,
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and said, āThus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayedā?
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āHave you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
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that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
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It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment.
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From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
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āHave you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
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Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
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Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
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āWhere is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,
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that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
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You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
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āHave you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
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which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
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What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
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āWho has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt,
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to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man,
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to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?
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āHas the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
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From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
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The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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āCan you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?
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Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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āCan you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?
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Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, āHere we areā?
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Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
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Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
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when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together?
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āCan you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket?
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Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
The Holy Bible, English Standard VersionĀ® (ESVĀ®) Ā© 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025
Job 39
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āDo you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?
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Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth,
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when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
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Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them.
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āWho has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
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to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place?
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He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
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He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
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āIs the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger?
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Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
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Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?
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Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
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āThe wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground,
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forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them.
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She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
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because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding.
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When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
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āDo you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
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Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying.
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He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons.
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He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword.
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Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.
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With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
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When the trumpet sounds, he says āAha! āHe smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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āIs it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?
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Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?
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On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold.
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From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away.
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His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he. ā
The Holy Bible, English Standard VersionĀ® (ESVĀ®) Ā© 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025