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Job 38

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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?

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?