ASV_Strong : Job 38
1. Then 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 of thee[H7592], 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[H3045], if thou knowest? Or who stretched[H5186] the line upon it[H6957]?
6. Whereupon were the foundations[H134] thereof fastened[H2883]? Or who laid[H3384] the corner[H6438] - stone thereof[H68],
7. When the morning[H1242] stars[H3556] sang[H7442] together[H3162], And all the sons[H1121] of God[H430] shouted for joy[H7321]?
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[H6205], And thick darkness 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[H7837], And caused the dayspring 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 of it[H5287]?
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[H7200]? Or hast thou seen 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 it all[H3045].
19. Where is the way[H1870] to the dwelling[H7931] of light[H216]? And as for darkness[H2822], where is the place thereof[H4725],
20. That thou shouldest take[H3947] it to the bound[H1366] thereof[H995], And that thou shouldest discern the paths[H5410] to the house thereof[H1004]?
21. Doubtless[H3045], thou knowest, 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[H4057]; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man[H120];
27. To satisfy[H7646] the waste[H4875] and desolate[H7722] ground[H4161], And to cause the tender 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 it[H3205]?
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 thee[H3680]?
35. Canst thou send[H7971] forth lightnings[H1300], that they may go[H3212], And say unto thee[H559], 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]?
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