Job 38

1 And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,DBY — Job 38:1

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

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

4 Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.DBY — Job 38:4

5 Who set the measures thereof if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?DBY — Job 38:5

6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,DBY — Job 38:6

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

8 And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?DBY — Job 38:8

9 When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;DBY — Job 38:9

10 When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,DBY — Job 38:10

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

12 Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,DBY — Job 38:12

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

14 It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:DBY — Job 38:14

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

16 Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?DBY — Job 38:16

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

18 Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.DBY — Job 38:18

19 Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,DBY — Job 38:19

20 That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?DBY — Job 38:20

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

22 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,DBY — Job 38:22

23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?DBY — Job 38:23

24 By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?DBY — Job 38:24

25 Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder’s flash;DBY — Job 38:25

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;DBY — Job 38:26

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?DBY — Job 38:27

28 Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?DBY — Job 38:28

29 Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?DBY — Job 38:29

30 When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.DBY — Job 38:30

31 Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?DBY — Job 38:31

32 Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?DBY — Job 38:32

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?DBY — Job 38:33

34 Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?DBY — Job 38:34

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

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

37 Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,DBY — Job 38:37

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

39 Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,DBY — Job 38:39

40 When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?DBY — Job 38:40

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