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Job 38

Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX

1 And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, ,

2 Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in heart, and thinks to conceal from me?

3 Gird thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.

4 Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,

5 who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

6 On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?

7 When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.

8 And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb.

9 And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.

10 And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.

11 And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.

12 Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and the morning star see his appointed place;

13 to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

14 Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth?

15 And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?

16 Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?

17 And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?

18 And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?

19 And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?

20 If thou couldest bring me to their boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;

21 I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.

22 But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail?

23 And is there a store , for thee against the time of enemies, for the day of wars and battle?

24 And whence proceeds the frost? or is the south wind dispersed over the under heaven?

25 And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;

26 to rain upon the land where no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited ,

27 and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?

28 Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew?

29 And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,

30 which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?

31 And dost thou understand the band of Pleias, and hast thou opened the barrier of Orion?

32 Or wilt thou reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?

33 And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?

34 And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?

35 And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is ?

36 And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?

37 And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven to the earth?

38 For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.

39 And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?

40 For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.

41 And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search 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?