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Job 38

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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 thy loins like a man; for I will enquire of thee, and answer thou me.

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

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding.

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

5 Who ordered its dimensions, if thou knowest? Or who has stretched the line upon it?

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

6 Upon what are its foundations founded? Or who laid its corner stone;

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 shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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

9 When I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

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

10 and established my decree upon it, and set bars and doors,

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

11 and said, Thou shalt come unto here, but no further; and there shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.

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

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days? Hast thou shown the dayspring its place,

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

13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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

14 It is transformed as clay to the seal and then stands as a garment;

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

15 but the light of the wicked is taken from them, and the high arm is broken.

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

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked searching out the deep?

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 opened unto thee? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

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

19 Where is the way to the habitation of the light, and where is the place of the darkness?

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

20 If thou shalt take it in its borders, and if thou should understand the paths to its house?

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

21 If thou didst know when thou wast to be born or if the number of thy days was to be great?

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

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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

23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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

24 By what way is the light divided; from where is the east wind scattered upon the earth?

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 has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder,

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

26 to cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

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

27 to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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

28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of the dew?

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

29 Out of whose womb came the ice, and the hoary frost of heaven, who has begotten it?

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

30 The waters harden as stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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

32 Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

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

33 Dost thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou use its power in the earth?

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

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

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

36 Who put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who gave intelligence to understanding?

36 Who gives the ibis wisdomor gives the rooster understanding?

37 Who declared the heavens in wisdom? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven

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

38 when the dust hardens and the clods cleave fast together?

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

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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

40 when they crouch in their dens and abide in their lairs to lie in wait?

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

41 Who provided food for the raven; when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food?

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

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