{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":38,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/37","next":"job/39","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:","f":[],"h":"The LORD Challenges Job","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?","f":["Cited in Job 42:3"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Who is this who obscures My counsel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by words without knowledge?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.","f":["Hebrew gird up your loins","Cited in Job 42:4"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Now brace yourself like a man;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will question you, and you shall inform Me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell [Me], if you have understanding.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Tell [Me], if you have understanding."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Or who stretched a measuring line across it?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,","f":["Or who set its core in place"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"On what were its foundations set,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or who laid its cornerstone,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"while the morning stars sang together"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who enclosed the sea behind doors"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when it burst forth from the womb,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when I made the clouds its garment"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and thick darkness its blanket,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when I fixed its boundaries"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and set in place its bars and doors,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"and I declared:‘ You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop ’?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"and I declared:‘ You may come this far, but no farther;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"here your proud waves must stop ’?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"In your days, have you commanded the morning"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or assigned the dawn its place,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that it might spread to the ends of the earth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and shake the wicked out of it?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"The earth takes shape like clay [under] a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The earth takes shape like clay [under] a seal;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"its hills stand out like the folds of a garment."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Light is withheld from the wicked,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their upraised arm is broken."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or walked in the trenches of the deep?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Have the gates of death been revealed to you?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell [Me], if you know all this.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Have you surveyed the extent of the earth?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Tell [Me], if you know all this."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Where is the way to the home of light?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do you know where darkness resides,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"so you can lead it back to its border?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do you know the paths to its home?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely you know, for you were already born!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"And the number of your days is great!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Have you entered the storehouses of snow"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or observed the storehouses of hail,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the day of war and battle?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In which direction is the lightning dispersed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the east wind scattered over the earth?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who cuts a channel for the flood"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or clears a path for the thunderbolt,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man [lives],","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to bring rain on a barren land,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on a desert where no man [lives],"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to satisfy the parched wasteland"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and make it sprout with tender grass?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does the rain have a father?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who has begotten the drops of dew?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"From whose womb does the ice emerge?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when the waters become hard as stone"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the surface of the deep is frozen?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or loosen the belt of Orion?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":32,"t":"Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?","f":["Or bring forth Mazzaroth in its season","Or Leo or Arcturus"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or lead out the Bear and her cubs?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do you know the laws of the heavens?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Can you set their dominion over the earth?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you command the clouds"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that a flood of water covers you?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":35,"t":"Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you,‘ Here we are ’?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you send the lightning bolts on their way?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do they report to you,‘ Here we are ’?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":36,"t":"Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?","f":["Or Who has given the ibis wisdom, that is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who has put wisdom in the heart"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or given understanding to the mind?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":37,"t":"Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":38,"t":"when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when the dust hardens into a mass"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the clods of earth stick together?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":39,"t":"Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Can you hunt the prey for a lioness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or satisfy the hunger of young lions"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":40,"t":"when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when they crouch in their dens"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lie in wait in the thicket?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":41,"t":"Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who provides food for the raven"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when its young cry out to God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as they wander about for lack of food?[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}