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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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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