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World English Bible

Job 38 (WEBP)

[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?

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 38 (KJVS)

[1] Then the Lord answered () Job out of the whirlwind, and said, ()
[2] Who is this that darkeneth () counsel By words without knowledge?
[3] Gird up () now thy loins like a man; For I will demand () of thee, and answer () thou me.
[4] Where wast thou when I laid the foundations () of the earth? Declare, () if thou hast () understanding.
[5] Who hath laid () the measures thereof, if thou knowest? () Or who hath stretched () the line upon it?
[6] Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? () Or who laid () the corner stone thereof;
[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 brake forth, () as if it had issued out () of the womb?
[9] When I made () the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
[10] And brake up () for it my decreed place, And set () bars and doors,
[11] And said, () Hitherto shalt thou come, () but no further: () And here shall thy proud waves be stayed? ()
[12] Hast thou commanded () the morning since thy days; And caused the dayspring to know () his place;
[13] That it might take hold () of the ends of the earth, That the wicked might be shaken out () of it?
[14] It is turned () as clay to the seal; And they stand () as a garment.
[15] And from the wicked their light is withholden, () And the high () arm shall be broken. ()
[16] Hast thou entered () into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked () in the search of the depth?
[17] Have the gates of death been opened () unto thee? Or hast thou seen () the doors of the shadow of death?
[18] Hast thou perceived () the breadth of the earth? Declare () if thou knowest () it all.
[19] Where is the way where light dwelleth? () And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
[20] That thou shouldest take () it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest know () the paths to the house thereof?
[21] Knowest () thou it, because thou wast then born? () Or because the number of thy days is great?
[22] Hast thou entered () into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen () the treasures 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 light parted, () Which scattereth () the east wind upon the earth?
[25] Who hath divided () a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, Or a way for the lightning of thunder;
[26] To cause it to rain () on the earth, where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
[27] To satisfy () the desolate and waste ground; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? ()
[28] Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten () the drops of dew?
[29] Out of whose womb came () the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered () it?
[30] The waters are hid () as with a stone, And the face of the deep is frozen. ()
[31] Canst thou bind () the sweet influences of Pleiades, Or loose () the bands of Orion?
[32] Canst thou bring forth () Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide () Arcturus with his sons?
[33] Knowest () thou the ordinances of heaven? Canst thou set () the dominion thereof in the earth?
[34] Canst thou lift up () thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover () thee?
[35] Canst thou send () lightnings, that they may go, () And say () unto thee, Here we are?
[36] Who hath put () wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given () understanding to the heart?
[37] Who can number () the clouds in wisdom? Or who can stay () the bottles of heaven,
[38] When the dust groweth () into hardness, And the clods cleave fast together? ()
[39] Wilt thou hunt () the prey for the lion? Or fill () the appetite of the young lions,
[40] When they couch () in their dens, And abide () in the covert to lie in wait?
[41] Who provideth () for the raven his food? When his young ones cry () unto God, They wander () for lack of meat.

Job 38:3 Heb. make me know
Job 38:4 Heb. if thou knowest understanding
Job 38:6a Heb. sockets
Job 38:6b Heb. made to sink
Job 38:10 Or, established my decree upon it
Job 38:13 Heb. wings
Job 38:20 Or, at
Job 38:30 Heb. is taken
Job 38:31 Heb. Cesil
Job 38:32a Or, the twelve signs
Job 38:32b Heb. guide them
Job 38:35 Heb. behold us
Job 38:37 Heb. who can cause to lie down
Job 38:38a Or, when the dust is turned into mire:
Job 38:38b Heb. is poured
Job 38:39 Heb. the life

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 38 (BYZ)

[1] μετα δε το παυσασθαι ελιουν της λεξεως ειπεν ο κυριος τω ιωβ δια λαιλαπος και νεφων
[2] τις ουτος ο κρυπτων με βουλην συνεχων δε ρηματα εν καρδια εμε δε οιεται κρυπτειν
[3] ζωσαι ωσπερ ανηρ την οσφυν σου ερωτησω δε σε συ δε μοι αποκριθητι
[4] που ης εν τω θεμελιουν με την γην απαγγειλον δε μοι ει επιστη συνεσιν
[5] τις εθετο τα μετρα αυτης ει οιδας η τις ο επαγαγων σπαρτιον επ αυτης
[6] επι τινος οι κρικοι αυτης πεπηγασιν τις δε εστιν ο βαλων λιθον γωνιαιον επ αυτης
[7] οτε εγενηθησαν αστρα ηνεσαν με φωνη μεγαλη παντες αγγελοι μου
[8] εφραξα δε θαλασσαν πυλαις οτε εμαιμασσεν εκ κοιλιας μητρος αυτης εκπορευομενη
[9] εθεμην δε αυτη νεφος αμφιασιν ομιχλη δε αυτην εσπαργανωσα
[10] εθεμην δε αυτη ορια περιθεις κλειθρα και πυλας
[11] ειπα δε αυτη μεχρι τουτου ελευση και ουχ υπερβηση αλλ εν σεαυτη συντριβησεται σου τα κυματα
[12] η επι σου συντεταχα φεγγος πρωινον εωσφορος δε ειδεν την εαυτου ταξιν
[13] επιλαβεσθαι πτερυγων γης εκτιναξαι ασεβεις εξ αυτης
[14] η συ λαβων γην πηλον επλασας ζωον και λαλητον αυτον εθου επι γης
[15] αφειλας δε απο ασεβων το φως βραχιονα δε υπερηφανων συνετριψας
[16] ηλθες δε επι πηγην θαλασσης εν δε ιχνεσιν αβυσσου περιεπατησας
[17] ανοιγονται δε σοι φοβω πυλαι θανατου πυλωροι δε αδου ιδοντες σε επτηξαν
[18] νενουθετησαι δε το ευρος της υπ ουρανον αναγγειλον δη μοι ποση τις εστιν
[19] ποια δε γη αυλιζεται το φως σκοτους δε ποιος ο τοπος
[20] ει αγαγοις με εις ορια αυτων ει δε και επιστασαι τριβους αυτων
[21] οιδα αρα οτι τοτε γεγεννησαι αριθμος δε ετων σου πολυς
[22] ηλθες δε επι θησαυρους χιονος θησαυρους δε χαλαζης εορακας
[23] αποκειται δε σοι εις ωραν εχθρων εις ημεραν πολεμου και μαχης
[24] ποθεν δε εκπορευεται παχνη η διασκεδαννυται νοτος εις την υπ ουρανον
[25] τις δε ητοιμασεν υετω λαβρω ρυσιν οδον δε κυδοιμων
[26] του υετισαι επι γην ου ουκ ανηρ ερημον ου ουχ υπαρχει ανθρωπος εν αυτη
[27] του χορτασαι αβατον και αοικητον και του εκβλαστησαι εξοδον χλοης
[28] τις εστιν υετου πατηρ τις δε εστιν ο τετοκως βωλους δροσου
[29] εκ γαστρος δε τινος εκπορευεται ο κρυσταλλος παχνην δε εν ουρανω τις τετοκεν
[30] η καταβαινει ωσπερ υδωρ ρεον προσωπον δε αβυσσου τις επηξεν
[31] συνηκας δε δεσμον πλειαδος και φραγμον ωριωνος ηνοιξας
[32] η διανοιξεις μαζουρωθ εν καιρω αυτου και εσπερον επι κομης αυτου αξεις αυτα
[33] επιστασαι δε τροπας ουρανου η τα υπ ουρανον ομοθυμαδον γινομενα
[34] καλεσεις δε νεφος φωνη και τρομω υδατος λαβρω υπακουσεται σου
[35] αποστελεις δε κεραυνους και πορευσονται ερουσιν δε σοι τι εστιν
[36] τις δε εδωκεν γυναιξιν υφασματος σοφιαν η ποικιλτικην επιστημην
[37] τις δε ο αριθμων νεφη σοφια ουρανον δε εις γην εκλινεν
[38] κεχυται δε ωσπερ γη κονια κεκολληκα δε αυτον ωσπερ λιθω κυβον
[39] θηρευσεις δε λεουσιν βοραν ψυχας δε δρακοντων εμπλησεις
[40] δεδοικασιν γαρ εν κοιταις αυτων καθηνται δε εν υλαις ενεδρευοντες
[41] τις δε ητοιμασεν κορακι βοραν νεοσσοι γαρ αυτου προς κυριον κεκραγασιν πλανωμενοι τα σιτα ζητουντες