Job 38

1 ♥ 📝 T hen Jehovah^H3068 answered^H6030 Job^H347 out of the whirlwind,^H5591 and said,^H6030

2 ♥ 📝 Who is this that darkeneth^H2821 counsel^H6098 By words^H4405 without knowledge?^H1847

3 ♥ 📝 Gird up^H247 now thy loins^H2504 like a man;^H1397 For I will demand^H7592 of thee, and declare thou unto me.

4 ♥ 📝 Where^H375 wast thou when I laid the foundations^H3245 of the earth?^H776 Declare,^H5046 if thou hast^H3045 understanding.^H998

5 ♥ 📝 Who determined^H7760 the measures^H4461 thereof, if thou knowest?^H3045 Or who stretched^H5186 the line^H6957 upon it?

6 ♥ 📝 Whereupon were the foundations^H134 thereof fastened?^H2883 Or who laid^H3384 the corner -^H6438 stone^H68 thereof,

7 ♥ 📝 When the morning^H1242 stars^H3556 sang^H7442 together,^H3162 And all the sons^H1121 of God^H430 shouted^H7321 for joy?

8 ♥ 📝 Or [who] shut up^H5526 the sea^H3220 with doors,^H1817 When it brake forth,^H1518 [as if] it had issued out^H3318 of the womb;^H7358

9 ♥ 📝 When I made^H7760 clouds^H6051 the garment^H3830 thereof, And thick darkness^H6205 a swaddling-band^H2854 for it,

10 ♥ 📝 And marked^H7665 out for it my bound,^H2706 And set^H7760 bars^H1280 and doors,^H1817

11 ♥ 📝 And said,^H559 Hitherto^H5704 shalt thou come,^H935 but no further;^H3254 And here shall thy proud^H1347 waves^H1530 be stayed?^H7896

12 ♥ 📝 Hast thou commanded^H6680 the morning^H1242 since thy days^H3117 [began], [And] caused the dayspring^H7837 to know^H3045 its place;^H4725

13 ♥ 📝 That it might take hold^H270 of the ends^H3671 of the earth,^H776 And the wicked^H7563 be shaken out^H5287 of it?

14 ♥ 📝 It is changed^H2015 as clay^H2563 under the seal;^H2368 And [all things] stand^H3320 forth as a garment:^H3830

15 ♥ 📝 And from the wicked^H7563 their light^H216 is withholden,^H4513 And the high^H7311 arm^H2220 is broken.^H7665

16 ♥ 📝 Hast thou entered^H935 into the springs^H5033 of the sea?^H3220 Or hast thou walked^H1980 in the recesses^H2714 of the deep?^H8415

17 ♥ 📝 Have the gates^H8179 of death^H4194 been revealed^H1540 unto thee? Or hast thou seen^H7200 the gates^H8179 of the shadow of death?^H6757

18 ♥ 📝 Hast thou comprehended^H995 the earth^H776 in its breadth?^H7338 Declare,^H5046 if thou knowest^H3045 it all.

19 ♥ 📝 Where is the way^H1870 to the dwelling^H7931 of light?^H216 And as for darkness,^H2822 where is the place^H4725 thereof,

20 ♥ 📝 That thou shouldest take^H3947 it to the bound^H1366 thereof, And that thou shouldest discern^H995 the paths^H5410 to the house^H1004 thereof?

21 ♥ 📝 [ Doubtless], thou knowest,^H3045 for thou wast then born,^H3205 And the number^H4557 of thy days^H3117 is great!^H7227

22 ♥ 📝 Hast thou entered^H935 the treasuries^H214 of the snow,^H7950 Or hast thou seen^H7200 the treasures^H214 of the hail,^H1259

23 ♥ 📝 Which I have reserved^H2820 against the time^H6256 of trouble,^H6862 Against the day^H3117 of battle^H7128 and war?^H4421

24 ♥ 📝 By what^H335 way^H1870 is the light^H216 parted,^H2505 Or the east wind^H6921 scattered^H6327 upon the earth?^H776

25 ♥ 📝 Who hath cleft^H6385 a channel^H8585 for the waterflood,^H7858 Or the way^H1870 for the lightning^H2385 of the thunder;^H6963

26 ♥ 📝 To cause it to rain^H4305 on a land^H776 where no man^H376 is; On the wilderness,^H4057 wherein there is no man;^H120

27 ♥ 📝 To satisfy^H7646 the waste^H4875 and desolate^H7722 [ground], And to cause the tender^H4161 grass^H1877 to spring forth?^H6779

28 ♥ 📝 Hath^H3426 the rain^H4306 a father?^H1 Or who hath begotten^H3205 the drops^H96 of dew?^H2919

29 ♥ 📝 Out of whose womb^H990 came^H3318 the ice?^H7140 And the hoary frost^H3713 of heaven,^H8064 who hath gendered^H3205 it?

30 ♥ 📝 The waters^H4325 hide^H2244 themselves [and become] like stone,^H68 And the face^H6440 of the deep^H8415 is frozen.^H3920

31 ♥ 📝 Canst thou bind^H7194 the cluster^H4575 of the Pleiades,^H3598 Or loose^H6605 the bands^H4189 of Orion?^H3685

32 ♥ 📝 Canst thou lead forth^H3318 the Mazzaroth^H4216 in their season?^H6256 Or canst thou guide^H5148 the Bear^H5906 with her train?^H1121

33 ♥ 📝 Knowest^H3045 thou the ordinances^H2708 of the heavens?^H8064 Canst thou establish^H7760 the dominion^H4896 thereof in the earth?^H776

34 ♥ 📝 Canst thou lift up^H7311 thy voice^H6963 to the clouds,^H5645 That abundance^H8229 of waters^H4325 may cover^H3680 thee?

35 ♥ 📝 Canst thou send^H7971 forth lightnings,^H1300 that they may go,^H3212 And say^H559 unto thee, Here we are?

36 ♥ 📝 Who hath put^H7896 wisdom^H2451 in the inward parts?^H2910 Or who hath given^H5414 understanding^H998 to the mind?^H7907

37 ♥ 📝 Who can number^H5608 the clouds^H7834 by wisdom?^H2451 Or who can pour^H7901 out the bottles^H5035 of heaven,^H8064

38 ♥ 📝 When the dust^H6083 runneth^H3332 into a mass,^H4165 And the clods^H7263 cleave fast together?^H1692

39 ♥ 📝 Canst thou hunt^H6679 the prey^H2964 for the lioness,^H3833 Or satisfy^H4390 the appetite^H2416 of the young lions,^H3715

40 ♥ 📝 When they couch^H7817 in their dens,^H4585 [And] abide^H3427 in the covert^H5521 to^H3926 lie in wait?^H695

41 ♥ 📝 Who provideth^H3559 for the raven^H6158 his prey,^H6718 When his young ones^H3206 cry^H7768 unto God,^H410 [And] wander^H8582 for lack^H1097 of food?^H400