YLT - Job - 38

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

38:2  Who is this--darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38:11  And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38:19  Where is this--the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this--its place?

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

38:21  Thou hast known--for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many!

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

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

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

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

38:26  To cause it to rain on a land--no man, A wilderness--no man in it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38:35  Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'

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

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

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

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

38:40  When they bow down in dens--Abide in a thicket for a covert?

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