Darby - Job - 38

38:1  And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

38:2  Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

38:3  Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

38:4  Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

38:5  Who set the measures thereof — if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

38:6  Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

38:7  When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons ofGod shouted for joy?

38:8  And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

38:9  When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

38:10  When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

38:11  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

38:12  Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

38:13  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

38:14  It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:

38:15  And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

38:16  Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

38:17  Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

38:18  Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

38:19  Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

38:20  That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

38:21  Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

38:22  Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

38:23  Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

38:24  By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?

38:25  Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

38:26  To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

38:27  To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

38:28  Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

38:29  Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

38:30  When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

38:31  Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

38:32  Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

38:33  Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

38:34  Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

38:35  Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

38:36  Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

38:37  Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

38:38  When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

38:39  Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

38:40  When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

38:41  Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry untoGod, [and] they wander for lack of meat?