Job 38
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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: 1The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:
2"Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge? 2"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about?
3Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me! 3Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"
4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding! 4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed!
5Who set its measurements--if you know--or who stretched a measuring line across it? 5Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it?
6On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone--6On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone
7when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 7while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully?
8"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, 8"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,
9when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, 9when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,
10when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, 10when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it;
11when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'? 11and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?
12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, 12"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,
13that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? 13where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?
14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment. 14Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth's hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment.
15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken. 15Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken.
16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep? 16"Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness? 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all! 18Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all!
19"In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place, 19"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live?
20that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes? 20Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house?
21You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great! 21You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!
22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, 22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored,
23which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle? 23which I've reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war?
24In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth? 24Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth?
25Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder, 25"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder,
26to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings, 26to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live,
27to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? 27to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation?
28Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew? 28"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew?
29From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it, 29Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky,
30when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid? 30when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?
31Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion? 31"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion?
32Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs? 32Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth? 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?
34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? 34"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you?
35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'? 35Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, 'Look at us!'
36Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind? 36"Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding?
37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven, 37Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,
38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together? 38when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods?
39"Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions, 39"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions
40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket? 40when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs?
41Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food? 41Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?"
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