1 Then the LORD answered (Genesis 3:8) Job out of the whirlwind, and said, KJRV — Job 38:1
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? KJRV — Job 38:2
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. KJRV — Job 38:3
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations (Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 44:24; Romans 1:20; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 11:3; Revelation 4:11) of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. KJRV — Job 38:4
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? KJRV — Job 38:5
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; KJRV — Job 38:6
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? KJRV — Job 38:7
8 Or who shut (Psalms 65:7; Psalms 89:9; Psalms 93:4; Psalms 104:3; Psalms 107:29; Proverbs 30:4; Nahum 1:4; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:32) up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? KJRV — Job 38:8
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, KJRV — Job 38:9
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, KJRV — Job 38:10
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? KJRV — Job 38:11
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; KJRV — Job 38:12
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? KJRV — Job 38:13
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. KJRV — Job 38:14
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. KJRV — Job 38:15
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? KJRV — Job 38:16
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? KJRV — Job 38:17
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. KJRV — Job 38:18
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, KJRV — Job 38:19
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? KJRV — Job 38:20
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? KJRV — Job 38:21
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, KJRV — Job 38:22
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? KJRV — Job 38:23
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? KJRV — Job 38:24
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; KJRV — Job 38:25
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; KJRV — Job 38:26
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? KJRV — Job 38:27
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? KJRV — Job 38:28
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? KJRV — Job 38:29
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. KJRV — Job 38:30
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? KJRV — Job 38:31
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? KJRV — Job 38:32
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? KJRV — Job 38:33
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? KJRV — Job 38:34
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are? KJRV — Job 38:35
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? KJRV — Job 38:36
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, KJRV — Job 38:37
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? KJRV — Job 38:38
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, KJRV — Job 38:39
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? KJRV — Job 38:40
41 Who provideth for the raven (Job 35:11; Psalms 104:27; Matthew 6:26; Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:24) his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. KJRV — Job 38:41