Iyoḇ (Job) 38
38
1Then יהוה answered Iyoḇ out of the whirlwind, and said,
2“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3Now gird up your loins like a man, and I ask you, and you answer Me.
4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
5Who set its measurements, if you know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
6Upon what were its foundations sunk? Or who laid its corner-stone,
7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of Elohim shouted for joy?
8Or who enclosed the sea with doors, when it burst forth and came from the womb;
9when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band;
10and assigned for it My law, and set bars and doors;
11and said, ‘This far you have come, but no farther, and here your proud waves stop?’
12Have you ever commanded the morning, and caused the dawn to know its place,
13to take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wrong be shaken out of it?
14It is changed like clay under a seal, and they stand out like a garment.
15And their light is withheld from the wrong, and the arm lifted up is broken.
16Have you come to the sources of the sea? Or have you walked about in the recesses of the deep?
17Were the gates of death revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18Have you understood the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all.
19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
20that you should take it to its boundary, and know the paths to its home?
21Do you know? For you would have been born then, and the number of your days been many!
22Have you entered into the storehouses of snow, or have you seen the storehouses of hail,
23which I have kept for the time of distress, for the day of fighting and battle?
24Where is the way that light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
25Who has cleft a channel for the overflowing water, or a way for the thunderclaps,
26to make rain fall on land where no one is, a wilderness in which there is no man;
27to satisfy the wild and waste places, and to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
28Does the rain have a father? Or who has brought forth the drops of dew?
29From whose belly comes the ice? And who gave birth to the frost of the heavens?
30The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen.
31Do you bind the bands of Kimah, or loosen the cords of Kesil?
32Do you bring out the constellations in its season? Or do you lead the Bear with its sons?
33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you set their rule over the earth?
34Do you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that floods of water cover you?
35Do you send out lightnings, and they go and say to you, ‘Here we are!’?
36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the heart?
37Who has wisdom to count the clouds, or to tip over the bottles of the heavens,
38when the dust hardens in clumps, and the clods cling together?
39Do you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40when they crouch in dens, sit in the cover of their hiding place?
41Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry to Ěl, and wander about without food?
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Job 38
38
The Lord Speaks to Job
1#Job 40:6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
2#Job 35:16; 42:3 “Who is this who darkens counsel
by words without knowledge?
3#Job 40:7; 1Ki 18:46 Prepare yourself like a man;
for I will question you,
and you shall answer Me.
4#Ps 104:5; Pr 30:4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if you have understanding.
5#Isa 40:12 Who has determined its measurements, if you know?
Or who has stretched the line upon it?
6#Job 26:7 To what are its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone
7#Job 1:6; 2:1 when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8#Ge 1:9; Jer 5:22 “Or who shut up the sea with doors
when it broke forth and went out of the womb?
9When I made the cloud its garment,
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10#Ps 104:9; Job 26:10 and broke up for it My decreed place,
and set bars and doors,
11#Ps 89:9 and said, ‘This far you will come but no farther,
and here your proud waves will be stopped’?
12#Ps 74:16 “Have you commanded the morning in your days,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
13#Job 37:3; Ps 104:35 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14It is turned like clay by the seal,
and it stands out as a garment.
15#Ps 10:15; Job 18:5 From the wicked their light is withheld,
and the high arm will be broken.
16#Ps 77:19; Pr 8:24 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in search of the depths?
17#Ps 9:13; Job 3:5 Have the gates of death been opened to you?
Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18Have you perceived the breadth of the earth?
Declare, if you know it all.
19“Where is the path where light dwells?
And as for darkness, where is its place,
20that you should take it to its boundary,
and that you should know the paths to its house?
21#Job 15:7 Do you know it because you were born then,
or because the number of your days is many?
22#Job 37:6; Ps 135:7 “Have you entered the treasuries of the snow?
Or have you seen the treasuries of the hail,
23#Jos 10:11; Isa 30:30 which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
against the day of battle and war?
24By what way is the light diffused,
or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
25#Job 28:26 Who has divided a channel for the overflowing waters,
or a path for the thunderbolt,
26#Ps 107:35 to cause it to rain on the earth where no man is,
on the wilderness in which there are no people,
27to satisfy the desolate waste,
and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28#Jer 14:22; Ps 147:8 Does the rain have a father?
Or who has produced the drops of dew?
29#Ps 147:16–17; Job 37:10 From whose womb came the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
30#Job 37:10 The waters harden like stone,
and the surface of the deep is frozen.
31#Job 9:9; Am 5:8 “Can you tie the cords to the Pleiades
or loosen the belt of Orion?
32Can you bring out the constellation in its season?
Or can you guide the Bear with its cubs?
33#Jer 31:35–36 Do you know the ordinances of heaven?
Can you set their dominion over the earth?
34#Job 22:11 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that abundance of waters may cover you?
35Can you send lightning that they may go forth
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36#Job 32:8; Ps 51:6 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts,
or who has given understanding to the heart?#The Heb. may refer to celestial bodies.
37Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can empty out the bottles of heaven,
38when the dust turns into hard clumps
and the clods stick together?
39#Ps 104:21 “Will you hunt the prey for the lion?
Or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40#Job 37:8 when they crouch in their dens
and lie in the thicket to wait in ambush?
41#Ps 147:9; Mt 6:26 Who provides for the raven his food
when his young ones cry unto God,
and they wander about for lack of food?
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