38Job 38

1And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --Select Job 38:1

2Who is this--darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?Select Job 38:2

3Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.Select Job 38:3

4Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.Select Job 38:4

5Who placed its measures--if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?Select Job 38:5

6On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?Select Job 38:6

7In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,Select Job 38:7

8And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.Select Job 38:8

9In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,Select Job 38:9

10And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,Select Job 38:10

11And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'Select Job 38:11

12Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?Select Job 38:12

13To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,Select Job 38:13

14It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.Select Job 38:14

15And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.Select Job 38:15

16Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?Select Job 38:16

17Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?Select Job 38:17

18Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare--if thou hast known it all.Select Job 38:18

19Where is this--the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this--its place?Select Job 38:19

20That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.Select Job 38:20

21Thou hast known--for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many!Select Job 38:21

22Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?Select Job 38:22

23That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.Select Job 38:23

24Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.Select Job 38:24

25Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?Select Job 38:25

26To cause it to rain on a land--no man, A wilderness--no man in it.Select Job 38:26

27To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?Select Job 38:27

28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?Select Job 38:28

29From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?Select Job 38:29

30As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.Select Job 38:30

31Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?Select Job 38:31

32Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?Select Job 38:32

33Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?Select Job 38:33

34Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?Select Job 38:34

35Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'Select Job 38:35

36Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?Select Job 38:36

37Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,Select Job 38:37

38In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?Select Job 38:38

39Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?Select Job 38:39

40When they bow down in dens--Abide in a thicket for a covert?Select Job 38:40

41Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.Select Job 38:41