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: Who Is Able to Challenge Me?
1Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm.
2“Who is this that belittles my advice
with words that do not show any knowledge ⌞about it⌟?
3Brace yourself like a man!
I will ask you, and you will teach me.
The LORD Speaks about Creation
4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me if you have ⌞such⌟ insight.
5Who determined its dimensions?
Certainly, you know!
Who stretched a measuring line over it?
6On what were its footings sunk?
Who laid its cornerstone
7when the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8“Who shut the sea behind gates
when it burst through and came out of the womb,
9when I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it up in dark clouds,
10when I set a limit for it
and put up bars and gates,
11when I said, ‘You may come this far but no farther.
Here your proud waves will stop’?
12“Have you ever given orders to the morning
or assigned a place for the dawn
13so that it could grab the earth by its edges
and shake wicked people out of it?
14The earth changes like clay stamped by a seal,
and ⌞parts of it⌟ stand out like ⌞folds in⌟ clothing.
15Wicked people are deprived of their light,
and an arm raised ⌞in victory⌟ is broken.
16Have you gone to the springs in the sea
or walked through the valleys of the ocean depths?
17Have the gateways to death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gateways to total darkness?
18Have you ⌞even⌟ considered how wide the earth is?
Tell me, if you know all of this!
19“What is the way to the place where light lives?
Where is the home of darkness
20so that you may lead it to its territory,
so that you may know the path to its home?
21You must know because you were born then
and have lived such a long time!
22Have you been to the warehouses where snow is stored
or seen the warehouses for hail
23that I have stored up for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war?
24Which is the way to the place where light is scattered
and the east wind is spread across the earth?
25“Who made a channel for the flooding rains
and a path for the thunderstorms
26to bring rain on a land where no one lives,
on a desert where there are no humans,
27to saturate the desolate wasteland
in order to make it sprout with grass?
28Does the rain have a father?
Who gave birth to the dewdrops?
29From whose womb came the ice,
and who has given birth to the frost in the air?
30The water hardens like a stone,
and the surface of the ocean freezes over.
31“Can you connect the chains of the ⌞constellation⌟ Pleiades
or untie the ropes of Orion?
32Can you bring out the constellations at the right time
or guide Ursa Major with its cubs?
33Do you know the laws of the sky
or make them rule the earth?
34Can you call to the clouds
and have a flood of water cover you?
35Can you send lightning flashes so that they may go and say to you,
‘Here we are’?
36Who put wisdom in the heart
or gave understanding to the mind?
37Who is wise enough to count the clouds
or pour out the water jars of heaven
38when the dirt hardens into clumps
and the soil clings together?
The Lioness
39“Can you hunt prey for the lioness
and satisfy the hunger of her cubs
40as they crouch in their dens
and lie ready to ambush from their lairs?
The Crow
41“Who provides food for the crow
when its young ones cry to God
and wander around in need of food?
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