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Job 38 RV1885 — Job 38

1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, RV1885 — Job 38:1

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? RV1885 — Job 38:2

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. RV1885 — Job 38:3

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. RV1885 — Job 38:4

5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who stretched the line upon it? RV1885 — Job 38:5

6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; RV1885 — Job 38:6

7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? RV1885 — Job 38:7

8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb; RV1885 — Job 38:8

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, RV1885 — Job 38:9

10 And prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors, RV1885 — Job 38:10

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? RV1885 — Job 38:11

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place; RV1885 — Job 38:12

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? RV1885 — Job 38:13

14 It is changed as clay under the seal; and all things stand forth as a garment: RV1885 — Job 38:14

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken. RV1885 — Job 38:15

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? RV1885 — Job 38:16

17 Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? RV1885 — Job 38:17

18 Hast thou comprehended the breadth of the earth? declare, if thou knowest it all. RV1885 — Job 38:18

19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof; RV1885 — Job 38:19

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof? RV1885 — Job 38:20

21 Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! RV1885 — Job 38:21

22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, RV1885 — Job 38:22

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? RV1885 — Job 38:23

24 By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth? RV1885 — Job 38:24

25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder; RV1885 — Job 38:25

26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; RV1885 — Job 38:26

27 To satisfy the waste and desolate ground; and to cause the tender grass to spring forth? RV1885 — Job 38:27

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? RV1885 — Job 38:28

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? RV1885 — Job 38:29

30 The waters are hidden as with stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. RV1885 — Job 38:30

31 Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? RV1885 — Job 38:31

32 Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? or canst thou guide the Bear with her train? RV1885 — Job 38:32

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? RV1885 — Job 38:33

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? RV1885 — Job 38:34

35 Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? RV1885 — Job 38:35

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? RV1885 — Job 38:36

37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, RV1885 — Job 38:37

38 When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? RV1885 — Job 38:38

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, RV1885 — Job 38:39

40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? RV1885 — Job 38:40

41 Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of meat? RV1885 — Job 38:41