Job 38
38
1Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
2Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
3Gird up thy loins like a man. I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
4Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? Tell me if thou hast understanding.
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6Upon what are its bases grounded? Or who laid the corner stone thereof,
7When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?
8Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:
9When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?
10I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:
11And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further. And here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.
12Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?
13And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them? And hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?
14The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment.
15From the wicked their light shall be taken away: and the high arm shall be broken.
16Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
17Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?
18Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? Tell me, if thou knowest all things?
19Where is the way where light dwelleth; and where is the place of darkness?
20That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.
21Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? And didst thou know the number of thy days?
22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow? Or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail:
23Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?
24By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?
25Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:
26That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:
27That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
28Who is the father of rain? Or who begot the drops of dew?
29Out of whose womb came the ice. And the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?
30The waters are hardened like a stone: and the surface of the deep is congealed.
31Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars of the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?
32Canst thou bring forth the day-star in its time, and make the evening-star to rise upon the children of the earth?
33Dost thou know the order of heaven? And canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
35Canst thou send lightnings? And will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?
36Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? Or who gave the cock understanding?
37Who can declare the order of the heavens? Or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
38When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?
39Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,
40When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
41Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?
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Job 38
38
The LORD answers from a whirlwind
1Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
2Who is this darkening counsel
with words lacking knowledge?
3Prepare yourself like a man;
I will interrogate you, and you will respond to me.
The establishing of order
4Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundations?
Tell me if you know.
5Who set its measurements? Surely you know.
Who stretched a measuring tape on it?
6On what were its footings sunk;
who laid its cornerstone,
7while the morning stars sang in unison
and all the divine beings shouted?
8Who enclosed the Sea#38.8 Heb Yam, a sea god behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
9when I made the clouds its garment,
the dense clouds its wrap,
10when I imposed#38.10 Heb uncertain my limit for it,
put on a bar and doors
11and said, “You may come this far, no farther;
here your proud waves stop”?
12In your lifetime have you commanded the morning,
informed the dawn of its place
13so it would take hold of earth by its edges
and shake the wicked out of it?
14Do you turn it over like clay for a seal,
so it stands out like a colorful garment?
15Light is withheld from the wicked,
the uplifted arm broken.
The vast beyond
16Have you gone to the sea’s sources,
walked in the chamber of the deep?
17Have death’s gates been revealed to you;
can you see the gates of deep darkness?
18Have you surveyed earth’s expanses?
Tell me if you know everything about it.
19Where’s the road to the place where light dwells;
darkness, where’s it located?
20Can you take it to its territory;
do you know the paths to its house?
21You know, for you were born then;
you have lived such a long time!#38.21 Or the number of your days is many
22Have you gone to snow’s storehouses,
seen the storehouses of hail
23that I have reserved for a time of distress,
for a day of battle and war?
24What is the way to the place where light is divided up;
the east wind scattered over earth?
Meteorological facts
25Who cut a channel for the downpours
and a way for blasts of thunder
26to bring water to uninhabited land,
a desert with no human
27to saturate dry wasteland
and make grass sprout?
28Has the rain a father
who brought forth drops of dew?
29From whose belly does ice come;
who gave birth to heaven’s frost?
30Water hardens like stone;
the surface of the deep thickens.
31Can you bind Pleiades’ chains
or loosen the reins of Orion?
32Can you guide the stars
at their proper times,
lead the Bear with her cubs?
33Do you know heaven’s laws,
or can you impose its rule on earth?
34Can you issue an order to the clouds
so their abundant waters cover you?
35Can you send lightning so that it goes
and then says to you, “I’m here”?
36Who put wisdom in remote places,
or who gave understanding to a rooster?#38.36 Heb uncertain
37Who is wise enough to count the clouds,
and who can tilt heaven’s water containers
38so that dust becomes mud
and clods of dirt adhere?
Lion and raven
39Can you hunt prey for the lion
or fill the cravings of lion cubs?
40They lie in their den,
lie in ambush in their lair.
41Who provides food for the raven
when its young cry to God,
move about without food?
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