Job 38 — King James Version

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,● Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?● Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}● Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest understanding}● Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?● Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; {foundations: Heb. sockets} {fastened: Heb. made to sink?}● When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?● Or {who} shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, {as if} it had issued out of the womb?● When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,● And brake up for it my decreed {place}, and set bars and doors, {brake...: or, established my decree upon it}● And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? {thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves}● Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; {and} caused the dayspring to know his place;● That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? {ends: Heb. wings}● It is turned as clay {to} the seal; and they stand as a garment.● And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.● Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?● Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?● Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.● Where {is} the way {where} light dwelleth? and {as for} darkness, where {is} the place thereof,● That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths {to} the house thereof? {to the bound: or, at, etc}● Knowest thou {it}, because thou wast then born? or {because} the number of thy days {is} great?● Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,● Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?● By what way is the light parted, {which} scattereth the east wind upon the earth?● Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;● To cause it to rain on the earth, {where} no man {is; on} the wilderness, wherein {there is} no man;● To satisfy the desolate and waste {ground}; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?● Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?● Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?● The waters are hid as {with} a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. {is...: Heb. is taken}● Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? {Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. Cimah} {Orion: Heb. Cesil?}● Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? {Mazzaroth: or, the twelve signs} {guide: Heb. guide them}● Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?● Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?● Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we {are}? {Here...: Heb. Behold us?}● Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?● Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, {stay: Heb. cause to lie down}● When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? {groweth...: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured}● Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, {the appetite: Heb. the life}● When they couch in {their} dens, {and} abide in the covert to lie in wait?● Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.●