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[1] Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
[2] “Who is this who darkens counsel
by words without knowledge?
[3] Brace yourself like a man,
for I will question you, then you answer me! [4] “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if you have understanding.
[5] Who determined its measures, if you know?
Or who stretched the line on it?
[6] What were its foundations fastened on?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
[7] when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy? [8] “Or who shut up the sea with doors,
when it broke out of the womb,
[9] when I made clouds its garment,
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
[10] marked out for it my bound,
set bars and doors,
[11] and said, ‘You may come here, but no further.
Your proud waves shall be stopped here’? [12] “Have you commanded the morning in your days,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
[13] that it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
and shake the wicked out of it?
[14] It is changed as clay under the seal,
and presented as a garment.
[15] From the wicked, their light is withheld.
The high arm is broken. [16] “Have you entered into the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
[17] Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
[18] Have you comprehended the earth in its width?
Declare, if you know it all. [19] “What is the way to the dwelling of light?
As for darkness, where is its place,
[20] that you should take it to its bound,
that you should discern the paths to its house?
[21] Surely you know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
[22] Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
[23] which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
against the day of battle and war?
[24] By what way is the lightning distributed,
or the east wind scattered on the earth? [25] Who has cut a channel for the flood water,
or the path for the thunderstorm,
[26] to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man,
on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
[27] to satisfy the waste and desolate ground,
to cause the tender grass to grow?
[28] Does the rain have a father?
Or who fathers the drops of dew?
[29] Whose womb did the ice come out of?
Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
[30] The waters become hard like stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen. [31] “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
or loosen the cords of Orion?
[32] Can you lead the constellations out in their season?
Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
[33] Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you establish its dominion over the earth? [34] “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that abundance of waters may cover you?
[35] Can you send out lightnings, that they may go?
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
[36] Who has put wisdom in the inward parts?
Or who has given understanding to the mind?
[37] Who can count the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
[38] when the dust runs into a mass,
and the clods of earth stick together? [39] “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
[40] when they crouch in their dens,
and lie in wait in the thicket?
[41] Who provides for the raven his prey,
when his young ones cry to God,
and wander for lack of food?
King James Version

The Lord Answered Job

[1] Then the Lord H3068 answered H6030 H853 Job H347 out of H4480 the whirlwind, H5591 and said, H559
[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 answer H3045 thou 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 hath laid H7760 the measures H4461 thereof, if thou knowest? H3045
Or who hath stretched H5186 the line H6957 upon it?
[6] Whereupon are 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 the cloud H6051 the garment H3830 thereof,
And thick darkness H6205 a swaddlingband H2854 for it,
[10] And brake up H7665 for it my decreed H2706 place,§
And set H7760 bars H1280 and doors, H1817
[11] And said, H559 Hitherto H5704 H6311 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
And caused the dayspring H7837 to know H3045 his place; H4725
[13] That it might take hold H270 of the ends H3671§ of the earth, H776
That the wicked H7563 might be shaken out H5287 of it?
[14] It is turned H2015 as clay H2563 to the seal; H2368
And they stand H3320 as a garment. H3830
[15] And from the wicked H7563 their light H216 is withholden, H4513
And the high H7311 arm H2220 shall be broken. H7665
[16] Hast thou entered H935 into the springs H5033 of the sea? H3220
Or hast thou walked H1980 in the search H2714 of the depth? H8415
[17] Have the gates H8179 of death H4194 been opened H1540 unto thee?
Or hast thou seen H7200 the doors H8179 of the shadow of death? H6757
[18] Hast thou perceived H995 the breadth H7338 of the earth? H776
Declare H5046 if thou knowest H3045 it all.
[19] Where is the way H1870 where light H216 dwelleth? H7931
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 know H995 the paths H5410 to the house H1004 thereof?
[21] Knowest H3045 thou it, because thou wast then born? H3205
Or because the number H4557 of thy days H3117 is great? H7227
[22] Hast thou entered H935 into the treasures H214 of the snow? H7950
Or hast thou seen H7200 the treasures H214 of the hail, H1259
[23] Which H834 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
Which scattereth H6327 the east wind H6921 upon H5921 the earth? H776
[25] Who hath divided H6385 a watercourse H8585 for the overflowing of waters, H7858
Or a way H1870 for the lightning H2385 of thunder; H6963
[26] To cause it to rain H4305 on H5921 the earth, H776 where no man H376 is;
On the wilderness, H4057 wherein there is no man; H120
[27] To satisfy H7646 the desolate H7722 and waste H4875 ground;
And to cause the bud H4161 of the tender herb 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 are hid H2244 as with a stone, H68
And the face H6440 of the deep H8415 is frozen. H3920§
[31] Canst thou bind H7194 the sweet influences H4575 of Pleiades, H3598
Or loose H6605 the bands H4189 of Orion? H3685§
[32] Canst thou bring forth H3318 Mazzaroth H4216§ in his season? H6256
Or canst thou guide H5148§ Arcturus H5906 with his sons? H1121
[33] Knowest H3045 thou the ordinances H2708 of heaven? H8064
Canst thou set 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 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 heart? H7907
[37] Who can number H5608 the clouds H7834 in wisdom? H2451
Or who can stay H7901§ the bottles H5035 of heaven, H8064
[38] When the dust H6083§ groweth H3332§ into hardness, H4165
And the clods H7263 cleave fast together? H1692
[39] Wilt thou hunt H6679 the prey H2964 for the lion? H3833
Or fill 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 food? H6718
When his young ones H3206 cry H7768 unto H413 God, H410
They wander H8582 for lack H1097 of meat. H400

Footnotes

  1. § 38:3 Heb. make me know
  2. § 38:4 Heb. if thou knowest understanding
  3. § 38:6a Heb. sockets
  4. § 38:6b Heb. made to sink
  5. § 38:10 Or, established my decree upon it
  6. § 38:13 Heb. wings
  7. § 38:20 Or, at
  8. § 38:30 Heb. is taken
  9. § 38:31 Heb. Cesil
  10. § 38:32a Or, the twelve signs
  11. § 38:32b Heb. guide them
  12. § 38:35 Heb. behold us
  13. § 38:37 Heb. who can cause to lie down
  14. § 38:38a Or, when the dust is turned into mire:
  15. § 38:38b Heb. is poured
  16. § 38:39 Heb. the life
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[1] Μετὰ G3326 δὲ G1161 τὸ G3588 παύσασθαι G3973 Ελιουν τῆς G3588 λέξεως εἶπεν G2036 ὁ G3588 κύριος G2962 τῷ G3588 Ιωβ G2492 διὰ G1223 λαίλαπος G2978 καὶ G2532 νεφῶν G3509 [2] Τίς G5101 οὗτος G3778 ὁ G3588 κρύπτων G2928 με G3165 βουλήν, G1012 συνέχων G4912 δὲ G1161 ῥήματα G4487 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ, G2588 ἐμὲ G1691 δὲ G1161 οἴεται G3633 κρύπτειν; G2928 [3] Ζῶσαι G2224 ὥσπερ G5618 ἀνὴρ G435 τὴν G3588 ὀσφύν G3751 σου, G4675 ἐρωτήσω G2065 δέ G1161 σε, G4571 σὺ G4771 δέ G1161 μοι G3427 ἀποκρίθητι. G611 [4] Ποῦ G4226 ἦς G2258 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 θεμελιοῦν G2311 με G3165 τὴν G3588 γῆν; G1093 Ἀπάγγειλον G518 δέ G1161 μοι, G3427 εἰ G1487 ἐπίστῃ G1987 σύνεσιν. G4907 [5] Τίς G5101 ἔθετο G5087 τὰ G3588 μέτρα G3358 αὐτῆς, G846 εἰ G1487 οἶδας; G1492 Ἢ G2228 τίς G5101 ὁ G3588 ἐπαγαγὼν G1863 σπαρτίον ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῆς; G846 [6] Ἐπὶ G1909 τίνος G5101 οἱ G3588 κρίκοι αὐτῆς G846 πεπήγασιν; G4078 Τίς G5101 δέ G1161 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 βαλὼν G906 λίθον G3037 γωνιαῖον ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῆς; G846 [7] Ὅτε G3753 ἐγενήθησαν G1096 ἄστρα, G798 ᾔνεσάν G134 με G3165 φωνῇ G5456 μεγάλῃ G3173 πάντες G3956 ἄγγελοί G32 μου. G3450 [8] Ἔφραξα G5420 δὲ G1161 θάλασσαν G2281 πύλαις, G4439 ὅτε G3753 ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ G1537 κοιλίας G2836 μητρὸς G3384 αὐτῆς G846 ἐκπορευομένη· G1607 [9] ἐθέμην G5087 δὲ G1161 αὐτῇ G846 νέφος G3509 ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ G1161 αὐτὴν G846 ἐσπαργάνωσα· G4683 [10] ἐθέμην G5087 δὲ G1161 αὐτῇ G846 ὅρια G3725 περιθεὶς G4060 κλεῖθρα καὶ G2532 πύλας· G4439 [11] εἶπα G2036 δὲ G1161 αὐτῇ G846 Μέχρι G3360 τούτου G5127 ἐλεύσῃ G2064 καὶ G2532 οὐχ G3756 ὑπερβήσῃ, G5233 ἀλλ’ G235 ἐν G1722 σεαυτῇ G4572 συντριβήσεταί G4937 σου G4675 τὰ G3588 κύματα. G2949 [12] Ἦ G2229 ἐπὶ G1909 σοῦ G4675 συντέταχα G4929 φέγγος G5338 πρωινόν, G4407 ἑωσφόρος δὲ G1161 εἶδεν G1492 τὴν G3588 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 τάξιν G5010 [13] ἐπιλαβέσθαι G1949 πτερύγων G4420 γῆς, G1093 ἐκτινάξαι G1621 ἀσεβεῖς G765 ἐξ G1537 αὐτῆς; G846 [14] Ἦ G2229 σὺ G4771 λαβὼν G2983 γῆν G1093 πηλὸν G4081 ἔπλασας G4111 ζῷον G2226 καὶ G2532 λαλητὸν αὐτὸν G846 ἔθου G5087 ἐπὶ G1909 γῆς; G1093 [15] Ἀφεῖλας G851 δὲ G1161 ἀπὸ G575 ἀσεβῶν G765 τὸ G3588 φῶς, G5457 βραχίονα G1023 δὲ G1161 ὑπερηφάνων G5244 συνέτριψας; G4937 [16] Ἦλθες G2064 δὲ G1161 ἐπὶ G1909 πηγὴν G4077 θαλάσσης, G2281 ἐν G1722 δὲ G1161 ἴχνεσιν G2487 ἀβύσσου G12 περιεπάτησας; G4043 [17] Ἀνοίγονται G455 δέ G1161 σοι G4671 φόβῳ G5401 πύλαι G4439 θανάτου, G2288 πυλωροὶ δὲ G1161 ᾅδου G86 ἰδόντες G1492 σε G4571 ἔπτηξαν; [18] Νενουθέτησαι G3560 δὲ G1161 τὸ G3588 εὖρος τῆς G3588 ὑπ’ G5259 οὐρανόν; G3772 Ἀνάγγειλον G312 δή G1211 μοι G3427 πόση G4214 τίς G5101 ἐστιν. G2076 [19] Ποίᾳ G4169 δὲ G1161 γῇ G1093 αὐλίζεται G835 τὸ G3588 φῶς, G5457 σκότους G4655 δὲ G1161 ποῖος G4169 ὁ G3588 τόπος; G5117 [20] Εἰ G1487 ἀγάγοις G71 με G3165 εἰς G1519 ὅρια G3725 αὐτῶν; G846 Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἐπίστασαι G1987 τρίβους G5147 αὐτῶν; G846 [21] Οἶδα G1492 ἄρα G686 ὅτι G3754 τότε G5119 γεγέννησαι, G1080 ἀριθμὸς G706 δὲ G1161 ἐτῶν G2094 σου G4675 πολύς. G4183 [22] Ἦλθες G2064 δὲ G1161 ἐπὶ G1909 θησαυροὺς G2344 χιόνος, G5510 θησαυροὺς G2344 δὲ G1161 χαλάζης G5464 ἑόρακας. [23] Ἀπόκειται G606 δέ G1161 σοι G4671 εἰς G1519 ὥραν G5610 ἐχθρῶν, G2190 εἰς G1519 ἡμέραν G2250 πολέμου G4171 καὶ G2532 μάχης. G3163 [24] Πόθεν G4159 δὲ G1161 ἐκπορεύεται G1607 πάχνη ἢ G2228 διασκεδάννυται νότος G3558 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ὑπ’ G5259 οὐρανόν; G3772 [25] Τίς G5101 δὲ G1161 ἡτοίμασεν G2090 ὑετῷ G5205 λάβρῳ ῥύσιν, G4511 ὁδὸν G3598 δὲ G1161 κυδοιμῶν [26] τοῦ G3588 ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ G1909 γῆν, G1093 οὗ G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἀνήρ, G435 ἔρημον, G2048 οὗ G3739 οὐχ G3756 ὑπάρχει G5225 ἄνθρωπος G444 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ, G846 [27] τοῦ G3588 χορτάσαι G5526 ἄβατον καὶ G2532 ἀοίκητον καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον G1841 χλόης; [28] Τίς G5101 ἐστιν G2076 ὑετοῦ G5205 πατήρ; G3962 Τίς G5101 δέ G1161 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 τετοκὼς G5088 βώλους δρόσου; [29] Ἐκ G1537 γαστρὸς G1064 δὲ G1161 τίνος G5101 ἐκπορεύεται G1607 ὁ G3588 κρύσταλλος; G2930 Πάχνην δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 οὐρανῷ G3772 τίς G5101 τέτοκεν, G5088 [30] ἣ G3739 καταβαίνει G2597 ὥσπερ G5618 ὕδωρ G5204 ῥέον; G4482 Πρόσωπον G4383 δὲ G1161 ἀβύσσου G12 τίς G5101 ἔπηξεν; G4078 [31] Συνῆκας G4920 δὲ G1161 δεσμὸν G1199 Πλειάδος καὶ G2532 φραγμὸν G5418 Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας; G455 [32] Ἦ G2229 διανοίξεις G1272 μαζουρωθ ἐν G1722 καιρῷ G2540 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 Ἕσπερον ἐπὶ G1909 κόμης G2864 αὐτοῦ G846 ἄξεις G71 αὐτά; G846 [33] Ἐπίστασαι G1987 δὲ G1161 τροπὰς G5157 οὐρανοῦ G3772 ἢ G2228 τὰ G3588 ὑπ’ G5259 οὐρανὸν G3772 ὁμοθυμαδὸν G3661 γινόμενα; G1096 [34] Καλέσεις G2564 δὲ G1161 νέφος G3509 φωνῇ, G5456 καὶ G2532 τρόμῳ G5156 ὕδατος G5204 λάβρῳ ὑπακούσεταί G5219 σου; G4675 [35] Ἀποστελεῖς G649 δὲ G1161 κεραυνοὺς καὶ G2532 πορεύσονται; G4198 Ἐροῦσιν G2046 δέ G1161 σοι G4671 Τί G5101 ἐστιν; G2076 [36] Τίς G5101 δὲ G1161 ἔδωκεν G1325 γυναιξὶν G1135 ὑφάσματος σοφίαν G4678 ἢ G2228 ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην; [37] Τίς G5101 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 ἀριθμῶν G705 νέφη G3509 σοφίᾳ, G4678 οὐρανὸν G3772 δὲ G1161 εἰς G1519 γῆν G1093 ἔκλινεν; G2827 [38] Κέχυται δὲ G1161 ὥσπερ G5618 γῆ G1093 κονία, κεκόλληκα G2853 δὲ G1161 αὐτὸν G846 ὥσπερ G5618 λίθῳ G3037 κύβον. [39] Θηρεύσεις G2340 δὲ G1161 λέουσιν G3023 βοράν, ψυχὰς G5590 δὲ G1161 δρακόντων G1404 ἐμπλήσεις; G1705 [40] Δεδοίκασιν γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 κοίταις G2845 αὐτῶν, G846 κάθηνται G2521 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 ὕλαις G5208 ἐνεδρεύοντες. G1748 [41] Τίς G5101 δὲ G1161 ἡτοίμασεν G2090 κόρακι G2876 βοράν; Νεοσσοὶ G3502 γὰρ G1063 αὐτοῦ G846 πρὸς G4314 κύριον G2962 κεκράγασιν G2896 πλανώμενοι G4105 τὰ G3588 σῖτα G4621 ζητοῦντες. G2212
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