The LORD Challenges Job 2 DBY Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? BSB BSB: “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
3 DBY Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me. BSB BSB: Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
5 DBY Who set the measures thereof — if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? BSB BSB: Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 DBY Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, BSB BSB: On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7 DBY When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? BSB BSB: while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 DBY And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? BSB BSB: Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9 DBY When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; BSB BSB: when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
10 DBY When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, BSB BSB: when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
11 DBY And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? BSB BSB: and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
12 DBY Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place, BSB BSB: In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
13 DBY That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it? BSB BSB: that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
14 DBY It is changed like the signet-clay; and all things stand forth as in a garment: BSB BSB: The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
15 DBY And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken. BSB BSB: Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
16 DBY Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? BSB BSB: Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
17 DBY Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? BSB BSB: Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 DBY Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all. BSB BSB: Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
19 DBY Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, BSB BSB: Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
20 DBY That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house? BSB BSB: so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
21 DBY Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! BSB BSB: Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
22 DBY Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, BSB BSB: Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
23 DBY Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war? BSB BSB: which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
24 DBY By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth? BSB BSB: In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
25 DBY Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash; BSB BSB: Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
26 DBY To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man; BSB BSB: to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
27 DBY To satisfy the desolate and waste ground , and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth? BSB BSB: to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
28 DBY Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew? BSB BSB: Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 DBY Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth? BSB BSB: From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
30 DBY When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together. BSB BSB: when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
31 DBY Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? BSB BSB: Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
32 DBY Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons? BSB BSB: Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
33 DBY Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth? BSB BSB: Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
34 DBY Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee? BSB BSB: Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
35 DBY Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? BSB BSB: Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 DBY Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? BSB BSB: Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
37 DBY Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, BSB BSB: Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
38 DBY When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together? BSB BSB: when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
40 DBY When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait? BSB BSB: when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
41 DBY Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and they wander for lack of meat? BSB BSB: Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
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