Job 38

1 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —YLT — Job 38:1

2 Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?YLT — Job 38:2

3 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.YLT — Job 38:3

4 Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.YLT — Job 38:4

5 Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?YLT — Job 38:5

6 On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?YLT — Job 38:6

7 In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,YLT — Job 38:7

8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.YLT — Job 38:8

9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,YLT — Job 38:9

10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,YLT — Job 38:10

11 And say, ‘Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.’YLT — Job 38:11

12 Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?YLT — Job 38:12

13 To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,YLT — Job 38:13

14 It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.YLT — Job 38:14

15 And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.YLT — Job 38:15

16 Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?YLT — Job 38:16

17 Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?YLT — Job 38:17

18 Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare — if thou hast known it all.YLT — Job 38:18

19 Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?YLT — Job 38:19

20 That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.YLT — Job 38:20

21 Thou hast known — for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!YLT — Job 38:21

22 Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?YLT — Job 38:22

23 That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.YLT — Job 38:23

24 Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.YLT — Job 38:24

25 Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?YLT — Job 38:25

26 To cause [it] to rain on a land — no man, A wilderness — no man in it.YLT — Job 38:26

27 To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?YLT — Job 38:27

28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?YLT — Job 38:28

29 From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?YLT — Job 38:29

30 As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.YLT — Job 38:30

31 Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?YLT — Job 38:31

32 Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?YLT — Job 38:32

33 Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?YLT — Job 38:33

34 Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?YLT — Job 38:34

35 Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, ‘Behold us?’YLT — Job 38:35

36 Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?YLT — Job 38:36

37 Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,YLT — Job 38:37

38 In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?YLT — Job 38:38

39 Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?YLT — Job 38:39

40 When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?YLT — Job 38:40

41 Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.YLT — Job 38:41