ABP - Job - 38

38:1  And after the ceasing [3of Elihu 1of the 2speech], [3said 1the 2 lord] to Job through a tempest and cloud, saying,

38:2  Who is this hiding counsel, and constraining matters in heart, [4from me 1and 2imagines 3to hide]?

38:3  Tie up [2as 3a man 1your loin]! And I will ask you, and you answer me!

38:4  Where were you in my laying the foundation for the earth? And report to me! if you should have knowledge of understanding.

38:5  Who established the measures of it, if you know? Or who is the one bringing a measuring cord upon it?

38:6  Upon what are its hooks pitched on? And who is the one laying [2foundation 3stone 1an angular] upon it?

38:7  When [2came to pass 1the stars], [3praised 4me 6a great voice 5with 1all 2my angels].

38:8  And I shut up the sea with gates, when it was led irresistibly [2out of 4belly 3its mother's 1going forth].

38:9  And I established the cloud for its clothing, and fog for its being swaddled.

38:10  And I established limits for it, I put in place bolts and gates.

38:11  And I said to it, Unto this far you shall come, and shall not pass over; and within yourself [3shall break 1your 2waves].

38:12  Or by you have I ordered [2brightness 1the early morning]? And did the morning star behold his own order;

38:13  to take hold of the wings of the earth, to shake off the impious from it.

38:14  Or did you, having taken earth's clay, shape a living creature, and [2the power of speech 3to it 1establish] upon the earth?

38:15  And have you removed [3from 4the impious 1the 2light], [3the arm 1and 4of the proud 2broke]?

38:16  Did you come unto the spring of the sea, [3in 1and 4the tracks 5of the deep 2walk]?

38:17  [4open 1And 5to you 6in fear 2do the gates 3of death]; and did gatekeepers of Hades, in beholding you, become alarmed?

38:18  And have you been admonished about the breadth under heaven? Announce it indeed to me! how great it is.

38:19  And of what kind of land lodges the light? And darkness, what kind of place?

38:20  If you could lead me into their limits, and even if you know their paths.

38:21  Have you known that it is so then because you were born, and the number of your years great?

38:22  But did you come unto the treasuries of snow? [3the treasuries 1and 4of hail 2have you seen]?

38:23  And is it reserved to you for the hour of the enemies, for the day of war and battle?

38:24  And from what place goes forth the frost, or [2is dispersed 1the south wind] into the place under heaven?

38:25  And who prepared [3rain 2of the fierce 1the flow], and a way in uproar;

38:26  to rain upon the land of which there is no man, the wilderness of which there is no [2existing 1man] in it;

38:27  so as to fill the untrodden and uninhabited land, and the causing to sprout forth the issue of tender shoots?

38:28  Who is the rain's father, and who is the one giving birth to droplets of dew?

38:29  [2from out of 4womb 1And 3whose] comes forth the ice; [4the frost 1and 5in 6the heaven 2who 3gave birth to],

38:30  which comes down as if water flowing? [4the face 1And 5of the abyss 2who 3alarmed]?

38:31  And do you perceive the bond of Pleiades; and [2the barrier 3of Orion 1did you open]?

38:32  Or will you open Mazuroth in its time? And Hesperus with its tail -- will you lead it?

38:33  And do you know the circuits of heaven, or the things [3under 4heaven 2with one accord 1taking place]?

38:34  And will you call a cloud by voice, and in trembling [3water of rain 2the fierce 1will] obey you?

38:35  And will you send thunderbolts? and will they go forth? and shall they say to you, What is it?

38:36  And who gave women [2for a woven work 1wisdom], or [2for embroidery 1skill]?

38:37  And who is the one counting clouds in wisdom, [3the heaven 1and 4unto 5the earth 2leaned],

38:38  and it is poured as earth's powder, and I have cleaved it as a stone cube?

38:39  And will you hunt [2for the lions 1a prey]? [3the souls 1and 4of dragons 2fill up]?

38:40  for they are in awe in their lairs, and they sit in the woods lying in wait.

38:41  And who prepared [2for the crow 1carrion]? [3young 1for 2its 6to 7the lord 5cry out 4in wandering 9grain 8seeking].