Job 38
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Job 38:4-18

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?
12Hast thoucommandedצִוִּ֣יתָtzi.Vi.taH6680themorningבֹּ֑קֶרBo.kerH1242sinceH3117thydaysהְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָHe.mi.ya.mei.khaH3117began, and caused the dayspring toknowיִדַּ֖עְתָּyi.da'.taH3045itsH3045placeמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725;
13That it mighttakeלֶ֭אֱחֹזLe.'e.chozH270holdH270of theendsבְּכַנְפ֣וֹתbe.khan.FotH3671of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and the wicked beshakenוְיִנָּעֲר֖וּve.yi.na.'a.RuH5287outמִמֶּֽנָּה׃mi.Me.nahH4480of it?
14It ischangedתִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְTit.ha.pekhH2015as clay under thesealחוֹתָ֑םcho.TamH2368; and all thingsstandוְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּve.yit.ya.tze.VuH3320forthH3320as agarmentלְבֽוּשׁ׃le.VushH3830:
15And from the wicked theirlightאוֹרָ֑ם'o.RamH216is withholden, and thehighרָ֝מָ֗הra.MahH7311armוּזְר֥וֹעַu.ze.Ro.a'H2220isbrokenתִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ti.sha.VerH7665.
16Hast thouenteredH935intoH935thespringsH8415of theseaיָ֑םYamH3220? or hast thouwalkedהִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃hit.ha.La.khe.taH1980in therecessesוּבְחֵ֥קֶרu.ve.Che.kerH2714of thedeepתְּ֝ה֗וֹםte.HomH8415?
17Have thegatesשַׁעֲרֵי־sha.'a.rei-H8179ofdeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194beenrevealedהֲנִגְל֣וּha.nig.LuH1540unto thee? or hast thouseenתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200thegatesוְשַׁעֲרֵ֖יve.sha.'a.ReiH8179of theshadowצַלְמָ֣וֶתtzal.Ma.vetH6757ofdeathH4194?
18Hast thou comprehended the breadth of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046,ifאִם־'im-H518thou knowest itallכֻלָּֽהּ׃khu.LahH3605.
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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain