Job 38:4
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Und der HERR antwortete Hiob aus dem Wetter und sprach:
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Wer ist der, der den Ratschluß verdunkelt mit Worten ohne Verstand?
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Gürte deine Lenden wie ein Mann; ich will dich fragen, lehre mich!
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Wo warst du, da ich die Erde gründete? Sage an, bist du so klug!
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Weißt du, wer ihr das Maß gesetzt hat oder wer über sie eine Richtschnur gezogen hat?
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Worauf stehen ihre Füße versenkt, oder wer hat ihren Eckstein gelegt,
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da mich die Morgensterne miteinander lobten und jauchzten alle Kinder Gottes?
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Wer hat das Meer mit Türen verschlossen, da es herausbrach wie aus Mutterleib, {~}
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da ich's mit Wolken kleidete und in Dunkel einwickelte wie in Windeln,
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Hiob 38:1-9 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO JOB 38
In this chapter the Lord takes up the controversy with Job; calls upon him to prepare to engage with him in it, and demands an answer to posing questions he puts to him, concerning the earth and the fabric of it, Job 38:1-7; concerning the sea, compared to an infant in embryo, at its birth, in its swaddling bands and cradle, Job 38:8-11; concerning the morning light, its spread and influence, Job 38:12-15; concerning the springs of the sea, the dark parts of the earth, the place both of light and darkness, Job 38:16-21; concerning the various meteors, snow, hail, rain, thunder, lightning, and the influences of the stars, Job 38:22-38; and concerning provision for lions and ravens, Job 38:40,41.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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