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Job 38

The Message Bible MSG

1 And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:

2 "Why do you confuse the issue? Why do you talk without knowing what you're talking about?

3 Pull yourself together, Job! Up on your feet! Stand tall! I have some questions for you, and I want some straight answers.

4 Where were you when I created the earth? Tell me, since you know so much!

5 Who decided on its size? Certainly you'll know that! Who came up with the blueprints and measurements?

6 How was its foundation poured, and who set the cornerstone,

7 While the morning stars sang in chorus and all the angels shouted praise?

8 And who took charge of the ocean when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?

9 That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds, and tucked it in safely at night.

10 Then I made a playpen for it, a strong playpen so it couldn't run loose,

11 And said, 'Stay here, this is your place. Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.'

12 "And have you ever ordered Morning, 'Get up!' told Dawn, 'Get to work!'

13 So you could seize Earth like a blanket and shake out the wicked like cockroaches?

14 As the sun brings everything to light, brings out all the colors and shapes,

15 The cover of darkness is snatched from the wicked - they're caught in the very act!

16 "Have you ever gotten to the true bottom of things, explored the labyrinthine caves of deep ocean?

17 Do you know the first thing about death? Do you have one clue regarding death's dark mysteries?

18 And do you have any idea how large this earth is? Speak up if you have even the beginning of an answer.

19 "Do you know where Light comes from and where Darkness lives

20 So you can take them by the hand and lead them home when they get lost?

21 Why, of course you know that. You've known them all your life, grown up in the same neighborhood with them!

22 "Have you ever traveled to where snow is made, seen the vault where hail is stockpiled,

23 The arsenals of hail and snow that I keep in readiness for times of trouble and battle and war?

24 Can you find your way to where lightning is launched, or to the place from which the wind blows?

25 Who do you suppose carves canyons for the downpours of rain, and charts the route of thunderstorms

26 That bring water to unvisited fields, deserts no one ever lays eyes on,

27 Drenching the useless wastelands so they're carpeted with wildflowers and grass?

28 And who do you think is the father of rain and dew,

29 the mother of ice and frost?

30 You don't for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you?

31 "Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters, or distract Orion from his hunt?

32 Can you get Venus to look your way, or get the Great Bear and her cubs to come out and play?

33 Do you know the first thing about the sky's constellations and how they affect things on Earth?

34 "Can you get the attention of the clouds, and commission a shower of rain?

35 Can you take charge of the lightning bolts and have them report to you for orders? What Do You Have to Say for Yourself?

36 "Who do you think gave weather-wisdom to the ibis, and storm-savvy to the rooster?

37 Does anyone know enough to number all the clouds or tip over the rain barrels of heaven

38 When the earth is cracked and dry, the ground baked hard as a brick?

39 "Can you teach the lioness to stalk her prey and satisfy the appetite of her cubs

40 As they crouch in their den, waiting hungrily in their cave?

41 And who sets out food for the ravens when their young cry to God, fluttering about because they have no food?

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 respondens autem Dominus Iob de turbine dixit

2 quis est iste involvens sententias sermonibus inperitis

3 accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos interrogabo te et responde mihi

4 ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terrae indica mihi si habes intellegentiam

5 quis posuit mensuras eius si nosti vel quis tetendit super eam lineam

6 super quo bases illius solidatae sunt aut quis dimisit lapidem angularem eius

7 cum me laudarent simul astra matutina et iubilarent omnes filii Dei

8 quis conclusit ostiis mare quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens

9 cum ponerem nubem vestimentum eius et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiae obvolverem

10 circumdedi illud terminis meis et posui vectem et ostia

11 et dixi usque huc venies et non procedes amplius et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos

12 numquid post ortum tuum praecepisti diluculo et ostendisti aurorae locum suum

13 et tenuisti concutiens extrema terrae et excussisti impios ex ea

14 restituetur ut lutum signaculum et stabit sicut vestimentum

15 auferetur ab impiis lux sua et brachium excelsum confringetur

16 numquid ingressus es profunda maris et in novissimis abyssis deambulasti

17 numquid apertae tibi sunt portae mortis et ostia tenebrosa vidisti

18 numquid considerasti latitudines terrae indica mihi si nosti omnia

19 in qua via habitet lux et tenebrarum quis locus sit

20 ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos et intellegas semitas domus eius

21 sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses et numerum dierum tuorum noveras

22 numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti

23 quae praeparavi in tempus hostis in diem pugnae et belli

24 per quam viam spargitur lux dividitur aestus super terram

25 quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum et viam sonantis tonitrui

26 ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto ubi nullus mortalium commoratur

27 ut impleret inviam et desolatam et produceret herbas virentes

28 quis est pluviae pater vel quis genuit stillas roris

29 de cuius utero egressa est glacies et gelu de caelo quis genuit

30 in similitudinem lapidis aquae durantur et superficies abyssi constringitur

31 numquid coniungere valebis micantes stellas Pliadis aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare

32 numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo et vesperum super filios terrae consurgere facis

33 numquid nosti ordinem caeli et pones rationem eius in terra

34 numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam et impetus aquarum operiet te

35 numquid mittes fulgura et ibunt et revertentia dicent tibi adsumus

36 quis posuit in visceribus hominis sapientiam vel quis dedit gallo intellegentiam

37 quis enarravit caelorum rationem et concentum caeli quis dormire faciet

38 quando fundebatur pulvis in terram et glebae conpingebantur

39 numquid capies leaenae praedam et animam catulorum eius implebis

40 quando cubant in antris et in specubus insidiantur

41 quis praeparat corvo escam suam quando pulli eius ad Deum clamant vagantes eo quod non habeant cibos