Book of Job, Chapter 38
Job 38 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 38 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Then the LORD 1answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
- ¶ “Who is this that 2darkens counsel
By words without knowledge? - “Now 3gird up your loins like a man,
And 4I will ask you, and you instruct Me! - “Where were you 5when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you [a]have understanding, - Who set its 6measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it? - “On what 7were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone, - When the morning stars sang together
And all the 8sons of God shouted for joy? - ¶ “Or who 9enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; - When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band, - And I [b]10placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors, - And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’? - ¶ “Have you [c]ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place, - That it might take hold of 11the ends of the earth,
And 12the wicked be shaken out of it? - “It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like a garment. - “13From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the 14uplifted arm is broken. - ¶ “Have you entered into 15the springs of the sea
Or walked [d]in the recesses of the deep? - “Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of 16deep darkness? - “Have you understood the [e]expanse of 17the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this. - ¶ “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place, - That you may take it to 18its territory
And that you may discern the paths to its [f]home? - “You know, for 19you were born then,
And the number of your days is great! - “Have you entered the storehouses 20of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the 21hail, - Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle? - “Where is the way that 22the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth? - ¶ “Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt, - To bring 23rain on a land without [g]people,
On a desert without a man in it, - To 24satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to make the [h]seeds of grass to sprout? - “Has 25the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew? - “From whose womb has come the 26ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth? - “Water [i]becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. - ¶ “Can you bind the chains of the 27Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion? - “Can you lead forth a [j]constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her [k]satellites? - “Do you know the 28ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth? - ¶ “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an 29abundance of water will cover you? - “Can you 30send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’? - “Who has 31put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given 32understanding to the [l]mind? - “Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or 33tip the water jars of the heavens, - When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together? - ¶ “Can you hunt the 34prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, - When they 35crouch in their dens
And lie in wait in their lair? - “Who prepares for 36the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit know understanding
- ^ Lit broke My decree on it
- ^ Lit from your days
- ^ Or in search of
- ^ Or width
- ^ Lit house
- ^ Lit man
- ^ Or growth
- ^ Lit hides itself
- ^ Heb Mazzaroth
- ^ Lit sons
- ^ Or rooster
REFERENCES
- ^ Jb 40:6
- ^ Jb 35:16; 42:3
- ^ Jb 40:7
- ^ Jb 42:4
- ^ Jb 15:7; Ps 104:5; Pr 8:29; 30:4
- ^ Pr 8:29; Is 40:12
- ^ Jb 26:7
- ^ Jb 1:6
- ^ Ge 1:9; Ps 104:6-9; Pr 8:29; Je 5:22
- ^ Ge 1:9; Ps 33:7; 104:9; Pr 8:29; Je 5:22
- ^ Jb 28:24; 37:3
- ^ Jb 34:25, 26; 36:6
- ^ Jb 5:14
- ^ Nu 15:30; Ps 10:15; 37:17
- ^ Ge 7:11; 8:2; Pr 8:24, 28
- ^ Jb 10:21; 26:6; 34:22
- ^ Jb 28:24
- ^ Jb 26:10
- ^ Jb 15:7
- ^ Jb 37:6
- ^ Ex 9:18; Jos 10:11; Is 30:30; Eze 13:11, 13; Re 16:21
- ^ Jb 26:10
- ^ Jb 36:27
- ^ Ps 104:13, 14; 107:35
- ^ Jb 36:27, 28; Ps 147:8; Je 14:22
- ^ Jb 37:10; Ps 147:17
- ^ Jb 9:9; Am 5:8
- ^ Ps 148:6; Je 31:35, 36
- ^ Jb 22:11; 36:27, 28; 38:37
- ^ Jb 36:32; 37:3
- ^ Jb 9:4; Ps 51:6; Ec 2:26
- ^ Jb 32:8
- ^ Jb 38:34
- ^ Ps 104:21
- ^ Jb 37:8
- ^ Ps 147:9; Mt 6:26; Lu 12:24
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