Job 38

1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

וַיַּעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיֹּוב [מִן כ] [הַסְּעָרָה כ] (מִן ׀ ק) (הַסְּעָרָה ק) וַיֹּאמַר׃ (1939)

2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּלִי־דָעַת׃ (1253)

See also: Job 42:3, Job 35:16, 1 Timothy 1:7, Job 34:35, Psalms 139:4, Romans 9:20, James 4:12, Job 6:26, Job 12:3, Job 23:4-5, Job 24:25, Job 26:3, Job 27:11, Job 33:3, Job 37:19, Colossians 2:18, Psalms 106:33

3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהֹודִיעֵנִי׃ (1161)

See also: Job 40:7, Proverbs 31:17, Job 42:4, Exodus 12:11, Jeremiah 1:17, 1 Kings 18:46, Isaiah 41:1, 1 Peter 1:13, Job 13:15, Job 13:22, Job 23:3-7, Job 31:35-37, Isaiah 41:21

4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָה׃ (1502)

5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אֹו מִי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּו׃ (1335)

See also: Isaiah 40:12, Job 11:9, Zechariah 2:1-2, Job 28:25, Psalms 19:4, Psalms 78:55, Proverbs 8:27, Isaiah 34:11, Isaiah 40:22, 2 Corinthians 10:16, Proverbs 8:29, Zechariah 1:16

6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הָטְבָּעוּ אֹו מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָהּ׃ (1167)

See also: Job 26:7, Psalms 104:5, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 118:22, Isaiah 28:16, Zechariah 12:1, 2 Peter 3:5, Exodus 26:18-25, Psalms 24:2, Psalms 144:12, Ephesians 2:20-21, 1 Samuel 2:8, Zechariah 4:7, Job 7:12

7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

בְּרָן־יַחַד כֹּוכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים׃ (1134)

See also: Job 1:6, Revelation 5:11, Genesis 1:31, Daniel 3:25, Luke 2:13, Genesis 1:16, Ezra 3:11-12, Psalms 5:11, Revelation 22:16, Job 2:1, Psalms 104:4, Revelation 2:28, Psalms 148:2, Revelation 1:16, Judges 5:1, Zechariah 4:7, Exodus 31:17

8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחֹו מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵא׃ (1050)

9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשֹׁו וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֹו׃ (2096)

See also: Job 26:8, Genesis 1:2, Job 36:29

10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָיִם׃ (1810)

See also: Jeremiah 5:22, Psalms 104:9, Job 26:10, Job 38:8, Psalms 33:7, Psalms 148:6, Ecclesiastes 1:7, Genesis 1:9-10, Genesis 9:15, Job 2:6, Job 41:14, Psalms 95:5, Jeremiah 31:35

11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבֹוא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאֹון גַּלֶּיךָ׃ (2334)

12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

הְמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר [יִדַּעְתָּה כ] [שַׁחַר כ] (יִדַּעְתָּ ק) (הַשַּׁחַר ק) מְקֹמֹו׃ (3353)

13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפֹות הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּנָּה׃ (1997)

See also: Job 37:3, Psalms 104:35, Exodus 14:27, Job 24:13-17, Psalms 19:4-6, Psalms 104:21-22, Psalms 139:9-12

14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חֹותָם וְיִתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמֹו לְבוּשׁ׃ (2555)

See also: Psalms 104:6, Psalms 104:2, James 2:5

15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁעִים אֹורָם וּזְרֹועַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר׃ (2519)

See also: Psalms 37:17, Psalms 10:15, Job 18:5, Proverbs 4:19, Exodus 10:21-23, Job 5:14, Job 18:18, Ezekiel 30:22, 2 Kings 6:18, Isaiah 8:21-22, Jeremiah 13:16, Daniel 11:6, Job 31:22, Acts 13:10-11

16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהֹום הִתְהַלָּכְתָּ׃ (2241)

See also: Proverbs 8:24, Job 26:5-6, Psalms 77:19, Job 9:8, 2 Samuel 14:20, Job 28:3, Job 41:32, Jeremiah 51:36

17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶה׃ (2928)

See also: Matthew 16:18, Hebrews 4:13, Psalms 9:13, Psalms 107:18, Job 3:5, Job 12:22, Psalms 23:4, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 107:14, Job 10:22, Psalms 116:3, Amos 5:8, Matthew 4:16

18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּהּ׃ (2084)

See also: Psalms 89:11-12, Jeremiah 31:37, Revelation 20:9, Job 28:24, Psalms 74:17, Isaiah 40:28

19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־אֹור וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֹו׃ (1382)

See also: Genesis 1:3, Ezekiel 32:8, Genesis 1:14-18, Deuteronomy 4:19, Job 38:12-13, Psalms 18:11, Psalms 104:20, Psalms 105:28, Isaiah 45:7, Amos 4:13, Matthew 27:45, Jeremiah 13:16, John 1:9, John 8:12, Job 9:7, Job 28:7

20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלֹו וְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבֹות בֵּיתֹו׃ (2456)

See also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 23:17, Job 26:10

21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּים׃ (1680)