Job Chapter 38
38:1 | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, |
38:2 | Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? |
38:3 | Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and ![]() |
38:4 | Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the ![]() |
38:5 | Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? |
38:6 | Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; |
38:7 | When the morning ![]() |
38:8 | Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb? |
38:9 | When I made the ![]() ![]() |
38:10 | And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors, |
38:11 | And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? |
38:12 | Hast thou commanded the morning since thy ![]() |
38:13 | That it might take hold of the ends of the ![]() |
38:14 | It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a ![]() |
38:15 | And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. |
38:16 | Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? |
38:17 | Have the gates of ![]() ![]() |
38:18 | Hast thou perceived the breadth of the ![]() |
38:19 | Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof, |
38:20 | That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the ![]() |
38:21 | Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy ![]() |
38:22 | Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, |
38:23 | Which I have reserved against the ![]() ![]() |
38:24 | By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the ![]() |
38:25 | Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of ![]() |
38:26 | To cause it to rain on the ![]() |
38:27 | To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? |
38:28 | Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? |
38:29 | Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? |
38:30 | The ![]() |
38:31 | Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? |
38:32 | Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? |
38:33 | Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the ![]() |
38:34 | Canst thou lift up thy voice to the ![]() ![]() |
38:35 | Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]? |
38:36 | Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? |
38:37 | Who can number the ![]() |
38:38 | When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? |
38:39 | Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, |
38:40 | When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait? |
38:41 | Who provideth for the raven his ![]() ![]() |