1 The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said: ISV — Job 38:1
2 “Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he’s talking about? ISV — Job 38:2
3 Stand up a38:3 Lit. Gird up your loins like a man! I’ll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!” ISV — Job 38:3
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, b38:4 Or declare since you’re so informed! ISV — Job 38:4
5 Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it? ISV — Job 38:5
6 On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone ISV — Job 38:6
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings c38:7 Lit. sons of God shouted joyfully? ISV — Job 38:7
8 “Who d38:8 Lit. and he enclosed the sea with limits e38:8 Lit. doors when it gushed out of the womb, ISV — Job 38:8
9 when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket, ISV — Job 38:9
10 when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it; ISV — Job 38:10
11 and said, ‘You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.’? ISV — Job 38:11
12 “Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? f38:12 Lit. morning in your days Do you know where the dawn lives, ISV — Job 38:12
13 where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it? ISV — Job 38:13
14 Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth’s hills and valleys g38:14 The Heb. lacks the earth’s hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment. ISV — Job 38:14
15 Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken. ISV — Job 38:15
16 “Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean? ISV — Job 38:16
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? ISV — Job 38:17
18 Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all! ISV — Job 38:18
19 “Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live? ISV — Job 38:19
20 Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house? ISV — Job 38:20
21 You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great! ISV — Job 38:21
22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored, ISV — Job 38:22
23 which I’ve reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war? ISV — Job 38:23
24 Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth? ISV — Job 38:24
25 “Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder, ISV — Job 38:25
26 to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live, ISV — Job 38:26
27 to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation? ISV — Job 38:27
28 “Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew? ISV — Job 38:28
29 Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty h38:29 The Heb. lacks an empty sky, ISV — Job 38:29
30 when water solidifies i38:30 Or harden like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes? ISV — Job 38:30
31 “Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion? ISV — Job 38:31
32 Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs? ISV — Job 38:32
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth? ISV — Job 38:33
34 “Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you? ISV — Job 38:34
35 Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, ‘Look at us!’ j38:35 Lit. Here we are ISV — Job 38:35
36 “Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding? ISV — Job 38:36
37 Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty k38:37 Lit. cause to rest, lie down the water jars of heaven, ISV — Job 38:37
38 when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods? ISV — Job 38:38
39 “Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions ISV — Job 38:39
40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs? ISV — Job 38:40
41 Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?” ISV — Job 38:41