“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,”
Job 38
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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,”
“then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,”
“Then the Lord answered, Job out of the whirlwind, and said.”
“Then the lord answered job out of the whirlwind and said”
“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,”
2"Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
“who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”
“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?”
“who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?”
“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?”
“Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”
“who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?”
3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
“Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.”
“Now prepare yourself like a man. I will question you, and you shall answer me.”
“Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.”
“Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.”
“Now gird up your loins like a man, and I will ask you, and you instruct me.”
“Gird up now thy loins like a man for I will demand of thee and answer thou me.”
4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me if you have understanding.”
“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.”
“where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you have understanding.”
“Where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding,”
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.”
“where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare if thou hast understanding.”
5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
“Who determined its measurements? Surely you know. Or, who stretched the line upon it?”
“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line upon it?”
“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line upon it?”
“who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line upon it?”
“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Who hath stretched the line upon it?”
“who hath laid the measure thereof, if thou knowest? Who hath stretched the line upon it?”
6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
“To what were its foundations fastened? Or, who laid its cornerstone”
“On what were its bases sunk? Who laid its cornerstone?”
7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
“When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy,”
“When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
“when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
“When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
“when the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy.”
“When the morning star sang together. And all the sons of God shouted for joy.”
8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
“or who shut up the sea with doors when it break forth as if it had issued out of the womb?”
“Or who shut up the sea with doors when it break forth as if it had issued out of the womb?”
“Who shut up the sea with the doors when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb?”
“who shut up the sea with doors when it break forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?”
“Or who shut up the sea with doors when it break forth. As it had been issued out of the womb.”
9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
“When I made the cloud the garment thereof. And thick darkness a swaddling band for it.”
10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
“and break up for it, my decreed place, and set bars and doors?”
“And break up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,”
11and I declared: 'You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop'?
“and I said, thus far you shall come, but no farther, and here shall your proud waves stop.”
“and said. Hitherto shalt thou come but no further. And here shall thy proud waves be stayed.”
“and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.”
12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
“Have you commanded the morning since your days began and caused the dawn to know its place?”
13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
“that it might take hold of the ends of the earth that the wicked might be shaken out of it.”
“that it might take hold of the ends of the earth and the wicked be shaken out of it.”
“That it might take hold of the ends of the world. That the wicked might be shaken out of it?”
14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
“It takes on form like clay under a seal and stands out like a garment.”
15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
“from the wicked their light is withheld and the upraised arm is broken.”
“and from the wicked their light is withheld and the high arms shall be broken.”
16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?”
“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?”
“Have you entered into the springs of the sea or have you walked in the search of the depth?”
“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Hast thou walked in the search of the depth?”
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?”
“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?”
18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
“Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me if you know all of this.”
“Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou knows it all.”
“Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it.”
19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
“where is the way to the dwelling of light and darkness, where is its place?”
“Where is the way where light dwelleth? And as for darkness where is the place thereof?”
“where is the way to the dwelling of light and darkness? Where is its place?”
“Where is the way of the dwelling of light and darkness? Where is its place?”
20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
“that you may take it to its territory, that you may know the path to its home.”
“That thou shouldst take it to the bound thereof. And thou shouldst know the paths to the house thereof.”
21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
“Do you know it? Because you were born then? Or because the number of your days is great?”
22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
“Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail”
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow? Have you seen the storehouses of the hail?”
23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
“Which I have reserved against the time of trouble. Against the day of battle and war.”
“which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?”
24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
“Where is the way that the light is divided or the east wind scattered on the earth?”
25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
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26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
“to cause it to rain on the earth where no man is or the wilderness where there is no man”
27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
“to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”
28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
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29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
“Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of heaven? Who hath gendered it?”
“Out of whose womb came the ice? The hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?”
30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
“The waters are hid as with a stone and the face of the deep is frozen.”
31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?”
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?”
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion?”
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?”
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades? Loose the bands of Orion?”
32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
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33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
“Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?”
“You know, the ordinances of the heavens. Can you set their dominion over the earth?”
34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
“Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?”
“Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?”
“Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that abundance of waters may cover thee?”
35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?
“Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?”
“Canst thou send lightnings that they may go? And say unto thee, here we are.”
36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
“Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts or who hath given understanding to the heart?”
“who has put wisdom in the inward parts, or who has given understanding to the mind?”
37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
“Who can number the clouds in wisdom? Or who can say to the bottles of heaven,”
“Who can number the clouds in wisdom or who can stay the bottles of heaven?”
38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
“when the dust grows into heartness and the clods cleave fast together,”
39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions”
40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
“When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to lie in wait,”
41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
“Who provides for the raven his food when his young ones cry unto God? They wander for lack of meat.”