Parallel Bible results for "Job 38:1-11"

Job 38:1-11

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

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

2 "Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

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

3 "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

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

4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,

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

5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?

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

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

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

7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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

8 "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

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

9 When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

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

10 And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,

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

11 And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop '?

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