NASB20

NASB20

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Job 38 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

God Speaks Now to Job

(Gen 1:1–10 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 -

Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 -

“Who is this who darkens the divine plan

By words without knowledge?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 -

“Now [fn]tighten the belt on your waist like a man,

And I shall ask you, and you inform Me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 -

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell Me, if you [fn]have understanding,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 -

Who set its measurements? Since you know.

Or who stretched the measuring line over it?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 -

“On what were its bases sunk?

Or who laid its cornerstone,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 -

When the morning stars sang together

And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 -

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors

When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 -

When I made a cloud its garment,

And thick darkness its swaddling bands,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 -

And I [fn]placed boundaries on it

And set a bolt and doors,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 -

And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther;

And here your proud waves shall stop’?

God’s Mighty Power

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 -

“Have you [fn]ever in your life commanded the morning,

And made the dawn know its place,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 -

So that it would take hold of the ends of the earth,

And the wicked would be shaken off from it?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 -

“It is changed like clay under the seal;

And they stand out like a garment.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 -

“Their light is withheld from the wicked,

And the uplifted arm is broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 -

“Have you entered the springs of the sea,

And walked [fn]in the depth of the ocean?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 -

“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,

And have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:18 -

“Have you understood the [fn]expanse of the earth?

Tell Me, if you know all this.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 -

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?

And darkness, where is its place,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:20 -

That you would take it to its territory,

And discern the paths to its [fn]home?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:21 -

“You know, for you were born then,

And the number of your days is great!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22 -

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,

And have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 -

Which I have reserved for a time of distress,

For a day of war and battle?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 -

“Where is the way that the light is divided,

And the east wind scattered on the earth?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:25 -

“Who has split open a channel for the flood,

And a way for the thunderbolt,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 -

To bring rain on a land without [fn]people,

On a desert without a person in it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 -

To satisfy the waste and desolate land,

And to make the [fn]seeds of grass to sprout?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 -

“Does the rain have a father?

Or who has fathered the drops of dew?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 -

“From whose womb has come the ice?

And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 -

“Water [fn]becomes hard like stone,

And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 -

“Can you tie up the chains of the Pleiades,

Or untie the cords of Orion?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 -

“Can you bring out a [fn]constellation in its season,

And guide the Bear with her [fn]satellites?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33 -

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,

Or do you establish their rule over the earth?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 -

“Can you raise your voice to the clouds,

So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 -

“Can you send flashes of lightning, so that they may go

And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 -

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being,

Or given understanding to the [fn]mind?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 -

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

And pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 -

When the dust hardens into a mass

And the clods stick together?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 -

“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,

Or satisfy the appetite of young lions,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 -

When they crouch in their hiding places,

And lie in wait in their lair?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 -

“Who prepares [fn]feed for the raven

When its young cry to God,

And wander about without food?

NASB20 Footnotes
I.e., as if for battle
Lit know understanding
Lit broke My decree on it
Lit from your days commanded
Or in search of the deep
Or width
Lit house
Lit man
Or growth
Lit hides itself like
Heb Mazzaroth
Lit sons
Or rooster
Lit its feed
NASB20

New American Standard Bible 2020
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved
https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/

The "NASB," "NAS," "New American Standard Bible," and "New American Standard" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by The Lockman Foundation. Use of these trademarks requires the permission of The Lockman Foundation.

For Permission To Quote visit http://www.lockman.org

For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB20
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB20

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Job Chapter 38 — Additional Translations: