Job 38:1
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
Job 38:2
Who is this--darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
Job 38:3
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
Job 38:5
Who placed its measures--if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
Job 38:6
On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
Job 38:7
In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,
Job 38:8
And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.
Job 38:9
In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Job 38:10
And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,
Job 38:11
And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
Job 38:13
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
Job 38:14
It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
Job 38:15
And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
Job 38:16
Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
Job 38:17
Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
Job 38:18
Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare--if thou hast known it all.
Job 38:19
Where is this--the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this--its place?
Job 38:20
That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.
Job 38:21
Thou hast known--for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many!
Job 38:22
Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?
Job 38:23
That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.
Job 38:24
Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.
Job 38:25
Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on a land--no man, A wilderness--no man in it.
Job 38:27
To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38:29
From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
Job 38:30
As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.
Job 38:31
Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
Job 38:32
Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?
Job 38:33
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
Job 38:34
Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
Job 38:35
Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'
Job 38:36
Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?
Job 38:37
Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
Job 38:38
In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
Job 38:39
Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?
Job 38:40
When they bow down in dens--Abide in a thicket for a covert?
Job 38:41
Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.