Job 38:1-11

1 Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job.
2 Who are you to question my wisdom with your ignorant, empty words?
3 Now stand up straight and answer the questions I ask you.
4 Were you there when I made the world? If you know so much, tell me about it.
5 Who decided how large it would be? Who stretched the measuring line over it? Do you know all the answers?
6 What holds up the pillars that support the earth? Who laid the cornerstone of the world?
7 In the dawn of that day the stars sang together, 1 and the heavenly beings shouted for joy.
8 Who closed the gates to hold back the sea 2 when it burst from the womb of the earth?
9 It was I who covered the sea with clouds and wrapped it in darkness.
10 I marked a boundary for the sea and kept it behind bolted gates.
11 I told it, "So far and no farther! Here your powerful waves must stop."

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Cross References 2

  • 1. +238.7Baruch 3.34.
  • 2. 38.8-11Jeremiah 5.22.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. heavenly beings: [See 1.6.]
  • [b]. to hold back the sea: [See 26.12.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.