Revised Version 1895

Job 38:4-11

4Whereאֵיפֹ֣ה'ei.FohH375wast thou when IlaidH3245thefoundationsH3245of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046,ifאִם־'im-H518thou hastunderstandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.

5Whodeterminedשָׂ֣םsamH7760the measures thereof,ifכִּ֣יkiH3588thou knowest? or whostretchedנָטָ֖הna.TahH5186the lineuponעָלֶ֣יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921it?

6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? or wholaidיָ֝רָ֗הya.RahH3384thecornerפִּנָּתָֽהּ׃pi.na.TahH6438stoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68thereof;

7When themorningבֹ֑קֶרVo.kerH1242starsכּ֣וֹכְבֵיKokh.veiH3556sangH7442togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430shoutedוַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321forjoyH7442?

8Or who shutupH3220theseaיָ֑םYamH3220withdoorsבִּדְלָתַ֣יִםbid.la.Ta.yimH1817, when it brakeforthיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318, as if it hadissuedH3318outH3318of thewombמֵרֶ֥חֶםme.Re.chemH7358;

9When Imadeבְּשׂוּמִ֣יbe.su.MiH7760thecloudעָנָ֣ן'a.NanH6051thegarmentלְבֻשׁ֑וֹle.vu.ShoH3830thereof, andthickוַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗לva.'a.ra.FelH6205darknessH6205a swaddlingband for it,

10AndprescribedH2706for it mydecreeH2706, andsetוָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםva.'a.SimH7760barsבְּרִ֣יחַbe.Ri.achH1280anddoorsוּדְלָתָֽיִם׃u.de.la.Ta.yimH1817,

11Andsaidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559, Hitherto shalt thoucomeתָ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935, butnoוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808furtherתֹסִ֑יףto.SifH3254; andhereH6311shall thyproudבִּגְא֥וֹןbig.'onH1347wavesגַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ga.Lei.khaH1530be stayed?

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