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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?

World English Bible WEB

1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

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

3 Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!

4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

5 Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

6 Whereupon were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

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

8 "Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth from the womb,

9 When I made clouds the garment of it, Thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

10 Marked out for it my bound, Set bars and doors,

11 And said, 'Here you may come, but no further; Here shall your proud waves be stayed?'

12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, And caused the dawn to know its place;

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And shake the wicked out of it?

14 It is changed as clay under the seal, And stands forth as a garment.

15 From the wicked, their light is withheld, The high arm is broken.

16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

18 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,

20 That you should take it to the bound of it, That you should discern the paths to the house of it?

21 Surely you know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!

22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, Or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

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

24 By what way is the lightning distributed, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;

26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, in which there is no man;

27 To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, To cause the tender grass to spring forth?

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

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

30 The waters become hard like stone, When the surface of the deep is frozen.

31 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loosen the cords of Orion?

32 Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish the dominion of it over the earth?

34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

38 When the dust runs into a mass, And the clods of earth stick together?

39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

40 When they crouch in their dens, And lie in wait in the thicket?

41 Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, And wander for lack of food?