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Job 38

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1 Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,

2 "Who [is] this darkening counsel by words without knowledge?

3 {Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

4 "Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.

5 Who determined its measurement? Yes, you do know. Or who stretched [the] measuring line upon it?

6 On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

7 when [the] morning stars were singing together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 "Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,

9 at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

10 and I prescribed my rule for it, and I set bars and doors,

11 and I said, 'You shall come up to here, but you shall not go further, and here it will set [a boundary] {for your proud surging waves}'?

12 "Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,

13 to take hold of the earth's skirts so that the wicked might be shaken off from it?

14 It is changed like clay [under] a seal, and they appear like a garment.

15 And their light is withheld from [the] wicked, and [their] uplifted arm is broken.

16 "Have you entered into [the] sea's sources? Or have you walked around in [the] recesses of the deep?

17 Have [the] gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen [the] gates of deep shadow?

18 Have you considered closely [the] earth's vast expanse? Declare [it], if you know all of it.

19 "Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light dwells? And where then [is] its place,

20 that you may take it to its territory, and that you might discern the paths to its home?

21 You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days [is] great.

22 Have you entered into [the] storehouses of [the] snow, or have you seen [the] storehouses of [the] hail,

23 which I have reserved for [the] time of trouble, for [the] day of battle and war?

24 Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light is distributed, [where] he scatters [the] east wind upon [the] earth?

25 "Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts},

26 to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live},

27 to satisfy desert and wasteland, and to cause [the ground] to put forth [the] rising of grass?

28 Is there a father for the rain, or who fathered [the] drops of dew?

29 From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who fathered [the] frost of heaven?

30 Like stone [the] waters become hard, and [the] faces of the deep freeze.

31 "Can you bind [the] chains of [the] Pleiades, or can you loosen [the] cords of Orion?

32 Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time, or can you lead [the] Bear with its children?

33 Do you know heaven's statutes, or can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water may cover you?

35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? And will they say to you, 'Here we are'?

36 Who has put wisdom in the ibis, or who has given understanding to the rooster?

37 Who can number [the] clouds with wisdom? Or who can tilt heaven's jars,

38 at [the] flowing of [the] dust into a cast and [the] clods cling together?

39 "Can you hunt prey for [the] lion? And can you satisfy [the] hunger of strong lions

40 when they are crouched in the dens, [when] they lie in the thicket in an ambush?

41 Who prepares for the crow its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, [and] they wander around {for lack of food}?

New International Version NIV

1 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:

2 “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?

3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?

6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—

7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

10 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,

11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?

12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,

13 that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?

14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of a garment.

15 The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.

16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

17 Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?

18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.

19 “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?

20 Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?

21 Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!

22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,

23 which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?

24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?

25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

26 to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert,

27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?

28 Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?

29 From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens

30 when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?

31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt?

32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasonsor lead out the Bear with its cubs?

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth?

34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

36 Who gives the ibis wisdomor gives the rooster understanding?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens

38 when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?

39 “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions

40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?

41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?