New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 38:4-21
4WhereH375 were you 1when I laidH3245 the foundationH3245 of the earthH776? TellH5046 Me, ifH518 you 2haveH3045 understandingH998,5WhoH4310 setH7760 its 3measurementsH4461? SinceH3588 you knowH3045. OrH176 whoH4310 stretchedH5186 the measuringH6957 lineH6957 overH5921 it?6On whatH4100 4were its basesH134 sunkH2883? OrH176 whoH4310 laidH3384 its cornerstoneH68H6438,7When the morningH1242 starsH3556 sangH7442 togetherH3162 And allH3605 the 5sonsH1121 of GodH430 shoutedH7321 forH7321 joyH7321?
8“Or who 6enclosedH5480 the seaH3220 with doorsH1817 When it wentH3318 outH3318 from the wombH7358, burstingH1518 forthH1518;9When I madeH7760 a cloudH6051 its garmentH3830, And thickH6205 darknessH6205 its swaddlingH2854 bandsH2854,10And I 78placedH7665 boundariesH2706 on it And setH7760 a boltH1280 and doorsH1817,11And I saidH559, ‘AsH5704 farH5704 asH5704 thisH6311 pointH6311 you shall comeH935, but noH3808 fartherH3254; And hereH6311 your proudH1347 wavesH1530 shall stopH7896’?
12“Have you 9everH4480H3117 in your lifeH3117 commandedH6680 the morningH1242, And made the dawnH7837 knowH3045 its placeH4725,13So that it would takeH270 holdH270 of 10the endsH3671 of the earthH776, And 11the wickedH7563 would be shakenH5287 offH5287 from it?14It is changedH2015 like clayH2563 under the sealH2368; And they standH3320 outH3320 likeH3644 a garmentH3830.1512Their lightH216 is withheldH4513 from the wickedH7563, And the 13upliftedH7311 armH2220 is brokenH7665.
16“Have you enteredH935 14the springsH5033 of the seaH3220, And walkedH1980 15in the depthH2714 of the oceanH8415?17Have the gatesH8179 of deathH4194 been revealedH1540 to you, And have you seenH7200 the gatesH8179 of 16deepH6757 darknessH6757?18Have you understoodH995 the 17expanseH7338 of 18the earthH776? TellH5046 Me, ifH518 you knowH3045 allH3605 this.
19“WhereH335 is the wayH1870 to the dwellingH7931 of lightH216? And darknessH2822, whereH335 is its placeH4725,20That you would takeH3947 it to 19its territoryH1366, And discernH995 the pathsH5410 to its 20homeH1004?21You knowH3045, for 21you were bornH3205 thenH227, And the numberH4557 of your daysH3117 is greatH7227!
Notes
- 1. Job 38:4 Job 15:7; Ps 104:5; Prov 8:29; 30:4 ↩
- 2. Job 38:4 Lit know understanding ↩
- 3. Job 38:5 Prov 8:29; Is 40:12 ↩
- 4. Job 38:6 Job 26:7 ↩
- 5. Job 38:7 Job 1:6 ↩
- 6. Job 38:8 Gen 1:9; Ps 104:6-9; Prov 8:29; Jer 5:22 ↩
- 7. Job 38:10 Lit broke My decree on it ↩
- 8. Job 38:10 Gen 1:9; Ps 33:7; 104:9; Prov 8:29; Jer 5:22 ↩
- 9. Job 38:12 Lit from your days commanded ↩
- 10. Job 38:13 Job 28:24; 37:3 ↩
- 11. Job 38:13 Job 34:25, 26; 36:6 ↩
- 12. Job 38:15 Job 5:14 ↩
- 13. Job 38:15 Num 15:30; Ps 10:15; 37:17 ↩
- 14. Job 38:16 Gen 7:11; 8:2; Prov 8:24, 28 ↩
- 15. Job 38:16 Or in search of the deep ↩
- 16. Job 38:17 Job 10:21; 26:6; 34:22 ↩
- 17. Job 38:18 Or width ↩
- 18. Job 38:18 Job 28:24 ↩
- 19. Job 38:20 Job 26:10 ↩
- 20. Job 38:20 Lit house ↩
- 21. Job 38:21 Job 15:7 ↩
Commentaries on Job 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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