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Job 38

Job 38

Job 38:1 ^
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 38:1 ^
And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Job 38:2 ^
Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
Job 38:2 ^
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
Job 38:3 ^
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job 38:3 ^
Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Job 38:4 ^
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 38:4 ^
Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
Job 38:5 ^
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
Job 38:5 ^
By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?
Job 38:6 ^
Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
Job 38:6 ^
On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,
Job 38:7 ^
When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:7 ^
When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
Job 38:8 ^
Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
Job 38:8 ^
Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;
Job 38:9 ^
When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
Job 38:9 ^
When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
Job 38:10 ^
And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
Job 38:10 ^
Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
Job 38:11 ^
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Job 38:11 ^
And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
Job 38:12 ^
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;
Job 38:12 ^
Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
Job 38:13 ^
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
Job 38:13 ^
So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?
Job 38:14 ^
It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:
Job 38:14 ^
It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;
Job 38:15 ^
And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
Job 38:15 ^
And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
Job 38:16 ^
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Job 38:16 ^
Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
Job 38:17 ^
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Job 38:17 ^
Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?
Job 38:18 ^
Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
Job 38:18 ^
Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.
Job 38:19 ^
Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job 38:19 ^
Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
Job 38:20 ^
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
Job 38:20 ^
So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?
Job 38:21 ^
[Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
Job 38:21 ^
No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.
Job 38:22 ^
Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Job 38:22 ^
Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,
Job 38:23 ^
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
Job 38:23 ^
Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?
Job 38:24 ^
By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Job 38:24 ^
Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
Job 38:25 ^
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
Job 38:25 ^
By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
Job 38:26 ^
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
Job 38:26 ^
Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;
Job 38:27 ^
To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Job 38:27 ^
To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?
Job 38:28 ^
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38:28 ^
Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?
Job 38:29 ^
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Job 38:29 ^
Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?
Job 38:30 ^
The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
Job 38:30 ^
The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
Job 38:31 ^
Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
Job 38:31 ^
Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?
Job 38:32 ^
Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
Job 38:32 ^
Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?
Job 38:33 ^
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
Job 38:33 ^
Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?
Job 38:34 ^
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job 38:34 ^
Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?
Job 38:35 ^
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Job 38:35 ^
Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?
Job 38:36 ^
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Job 38:36 ^
Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
Job 38:37 ^
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Job 38:37 ^
By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
Job 38:38 ^
When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
Job 38:38 ^
When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?
Job 38:39 ^
Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Job 38:39 ^
Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,
Job 38:40 ^
When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Job 38:40 ^
When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?
Job 38:41 ^
Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?
Job 38:41 ^
Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?
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