Job 38
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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:1Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?2“Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?
3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.3Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.
4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much.
5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?5Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?
6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,6What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone
7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?7as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,8“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb,
9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,9and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness?
10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,10For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.
11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?11I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’
12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,12“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?13Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.14As the light approaches, the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal; it is robed in brilliant colors.
15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.15The light disturbs the wicked and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?16“Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you explored their depths?
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?17Do you know where the gates of death are located? Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.18Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know!
19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,19“Where does light come from, and where does darkness go?
20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?20Can you take each to its home? Do you know how to get there?
21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!21But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced!
22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,22“Have you visited the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of hail?
23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?23(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.)
24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?24Where is the path to the source of light? Where is the home of the east wind?
25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,25“Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning?
26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,26Who makes the rain fall on barren land, in a desert where no one lives?
27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?27Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground and make the tender grass spring up?
28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?28“Does the rain have a father? Who gives birth to the dew?
29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,29Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?30For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes.
31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?31“Can you direct the movement of the stars— binding the cluster of the Pleiades or loosening the cords of Orion?
32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?32Can you direct the constellations through the seasons or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?33Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth?
34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?34“Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain?
35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?35Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct?
36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?36Who gives intuition to the heart and instinct to the mind?
37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens37Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?38when the parched ground is dry and the soil has hardened into clods?
39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions39“Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?40as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?41Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?
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