Berean Standard Bible

Job 38:22-38

22Have you enteredH935 H413 the storehousesH214 of snowH7950 or observedH7200 the storehousesH214 of hailH1259,23whichH834 I hold in reserveH2820 for timesH6256 of troubleH6862, for the dayH3117 of warH7128 and battleH4421?24In whichH335 H2088 directionH1870 is the lightningH216 dispersedH2505, or the east windH6921 scatteredH6327 overH5921 the earthH776?

25WhoH4310 cutsH6385 a channelH8585 for the floodH7858or clears a pathH1870 forH2385 the thunderboltH6963,26to bring rainH4305 onH5921 a barrenH3808 H376 landH776,on a desertH4057 where noH3808 manH120 lives,27to satisfyH7646 the parchedH7722 wastelandH4875and make it sproutH6779 H4161 with tender grassH1877?28Does the rainH4306 haveH3426 a fatherH1 H176?WhoH4310 has begottenH3205 the dropsH96 of dewH2919?29From whoseH4310 wombH990 does the iceH7140 emergeH3318?WhoH4310 gives birth toH3205 the frostH3713 from heavenH8064,30when the watersH4325 become hardH2244 as stoneH68and the surfaceH6440 of the deepH8415 is frozenH3920?

31Can you bindH7194 the chainsH4575 of the PleiadesH3598orH176 loosenH6605 the beltH4189 of OrionH3685?32Can you bring forthH3318 the constellationsH4216 in their seasonsH6256 1or lead outH5148 the BearH5906 2 andH5921 her cubsH1121?33Do you knowH3045 the lawsH2708 of the heavensH8064 H518?Can you setH7760 their dominionH4896 over the earthH776?34Can you commandH7311 H6963 the cloudsH5645so that a floodH8229 of waterH4325 covers youH3680?35Can you sendH7971 the lightning boltsH1300 on their wayH1980?Do they reportH559 to you, ‘Here we areH2005’?

36WhoH4310 has putH7896 wisdomH2451 in the heartH2910 3orH176 H4310 givenH5414 understandingH998 to the mindH7907?37WhoH4310 has the wisdomH2451 to countH5608 the cloudsH7834?Or whoH4310 can tiltH7901 the water jarsH5035 of the heavensH806438when the dustH6083 hardensH3332 into a massH4165and the clods of earthH7263 stick togetherH1692?

Notes

1. Job 38:32 Or bring forth Mazzaroth in its season ↩
2. Job 38:32 Or Leo or Arcturus ↩
3. Job 38:36 Or Who has given the ibis wisdom, that is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile ↩