Job 38

American Standard Version

1Then Jehovah answered JobH347 out of the whirlwind, and saidH559,

2Who is this that darkeneth counselH6098By wordsH4405 without knowledgeH1847?3GirdH247 up now thy loinsH2504 like a manH1397;For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.4WhereH375 wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earthH776?DeclareH5046, if thou hast understandingH998.5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest?Or who stretchedH5186 the line upon it?6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened?Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,7When the morningH1242 starsH3556 sangH7442 togetherH3162,And all the sonsH1121 of GodH430 shoutedH7321 for joyH7442?8Orwho shut up the seaH3220 with doorsH1817,When it brake forthH3318, as if it had issued out of the wombH7358;9When I madeH7760 cloudsH6051 the garment thereof,And thickH6205 darknessH6205 a swaddling-band for it,10And marked out for it my bound,And setH7760 barsH1280 and doorsH1817,11And saidH559, Hitherto shalt thou comeH935, but no further;And hereH6311 shall thy proud waves be stayed?12Hast thou commandedH6680 the morningH1242 since thy daysH3117 began,And caused the dayspring to knowH3045 its placeH4725;13That it might takeH270 holdH270 of the ends of the earthH776,And the wicked be shakenH5287 out of it?14It is changedH2015 as clay under the sealH2368;Andall thingsstandH3320 forth as a garment:15And from the wicked their lightH216 is withholden,And the highH7311 armH2220 is brokenH7665.16Hast thou entered into the springs of the seaH3220?Or hast thou walkedH1980 in the recesses of the deepH8415?17Have the gatesH8179 of deathH4194 been revealedH1540 unto thee?Or hast thou seenH7200 the gatesH8179 of the shadow of deathH4194?18Hast thou comprehended the earthH776 in its breadth?DeclareH5046, if thou knowest it all.19WhereH335 is the wayH1870 to the dwellingH7931 of lightH216?And as for darknessH2822, whereH335 is the placeH4725 thereof,20That thou shouldest takeH3947 it to the bound thereof,And that thou shouldest discernH995 the pathsH5410 to the houseH1004 thereof?21Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast thenH227 bornH3205,And the numberH4557 of thy daysH3117 is greatH7227!22Hast thou entered the treasuriesH214 of the snowH7950,Or hast thou seenH7200 the treasuresH214 of the hailH1259,23Which I have reserved against the timeH6256 of trouble,Against the dayH3117 of battleH4421 and warH4421?24By what wayH1870 is the lightH216 parted,Or the eastH6921 windH6921 scatteredH6327 upon the earthH776?25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood,Or the wayH1870 for the lightning of the thunderH6963;26To cause it to rainH4305 on a landH776 where no manH376 is;On the wildernessH4057, wherein there is no manH376;27To satisfyH7646 the waste and desolate ground,And to cause the tender grassH1877 to springH6779 forth?28Hath the rainH4306 a fatherH1?Or who hath begotten the drops of dewH2919?29Out of whose wombH990 cameH3318 the iceH7140?And the hoary frostH7140 of heavenH8064, who hath gendered it?30The watersH4325 hideH2244 themselvesand becomelike stoneH68,And the faceH6440 of the deepH8415 is frozen.31Canst thou bindH7194 the cluster of the PleiadesH3598,Or loose the bands of OrionH3685?32Canst thou leadH5148 forthH3318 the Mazzaroth in their season?Or canst thou guideH5148 the BearH5906 with her train?33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavensH8064?Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earthH776?34Canst thou liftH7311 up thy voiceH6963 to the cloudsH5645,That abundanceH8229 of watersH4325 may coverH3680 thee?35Canst thou sendH7971 forthH7971 lightningsH1300, that they may goH7971,And sayH559 unto thee, HereH2005 we are?36Who hath putH5414 wisdomH2451 in the inward parts?Or who hath givenH5414 understandingH998 to the mind?37Who can number the cloudsH7834 by wisdomH2451?Or who can pour out the bottles of heavenH8064,38When the dustH6083 runneth into a mass,And the clodsH7263 cleave fast togetherH1692?39Canst thou huntH6679 the preyH2964 for the lionessH3833,Or satisfy the appetite of the youngH3715 lionsH3715,40When they couch in their densH4585,Andabide in the covert to lie in wait?41Who provideth for the ravenH6158 his prey,When his youngH3206 ones cryH7768 unto GodH410,AndwanderH8582 for lack of foodH400?

Commentaries on Job 38

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain