NHEBME - Job - 38

38:1  Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,

38:2  "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

38:3  Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

38:4  "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

38:5  Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

38:6  Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

38:7  when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

38:8  "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

38:9  when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

38:10  marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

38:11  and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'

38:12  "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

38:13  that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

38:14  It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.

38:15  From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

38:16  "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

38:17  Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

38:18  Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

38:19  "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

38:20  that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

38:21  Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

38:22  Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

38:23  which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

38:24  By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

38:25  Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

38:26  To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

38:27  to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

38:28  Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

38:30  The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

38:31  "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

38:32  Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

38:33  Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

38:34  "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

38:35  Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

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

38:37  Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

38:38  when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

38:39  "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

38:40  when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

38:41  Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?