Job 38Job38

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1. The LORD Challenges Job

2. 1KJVThen the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,BSBBSB: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
3. 2KJVWho is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?BSBBSB: “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
4. 3KJVGird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.BSBBSB: Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
5. 4KJVWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.BSBBSB: Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
6. 5KJVWho hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?BSBBSB: Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
7. 6KJVWhereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;BSBBSB: On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
8. 7KJVWhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?BSBBSB: while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
9. 8KJVOr who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?BSBBSB: Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
10. 9KJVWhen I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,BSBBSB: when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
11. 10KJVAnd brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,BSBBSB: when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
12. 11KJVAnd said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?BSBBSB: and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
13. 12KJVHast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;BSBBSB: In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
14. 13KJVThat it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?BSBBSB: that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
15. 14KJVIt is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.BSBBSB: The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
16. 15KJVAnd from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.BSBBSB: Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
17. 16KJVHast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?BSBBSB: Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
18. 17KJVHave the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?BSBBSB: Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
19. 18KJVHast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.BSBBSB: Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
20. 19KJVWhere is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,BSBBSB: Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
21. 20KJVThat thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?BSBBSB: so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
22. 21KJVKnowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?BSBBSB: Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
23. 22KJVHast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,BSBBSB: Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
24. 23KJVWhich I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?BSBBSB: which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
25. 24KJVBy what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?BSBBSB: In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
26. 25KJVWho hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;BSBBSB: Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
27. 26KJVTo cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;BSBBSB: to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
28. 27KJVTo satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?BSBBSB: to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
29. 28KJVHath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?BSBBSB: Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
30. 29KJVOut of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?BSBBSB: From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
31. 30KJVThe waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.BSBBSB: when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
32. 31KJVCanst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?BSBBSB: Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
33. 32KJVCanst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?BSBBSB: Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
34. 33KJVKnowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?BSBBSB: Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
35. 34KJVCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?BSBBSB: Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
36. 35KJVCanst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?BSBBSB: Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
37. 36KJVWho hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?BSBBSB: Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
38. 37KJVWho can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,BSBBSB: Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
39. 38KJVWhen the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?BSBBSB: when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
40. 39KJVWilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,BSBBSB: Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
41. 40KJVWhen they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?BSBBSB: when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
42. 41KJVWho provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.BSBBSB: Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?