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Job 38 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The LORD Reveals His Omnipotence to Job
God Shows Job’s Ignorance
(Gen. 1:1–10 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - “Who is this who darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - Now prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 - Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 - To what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - When the morning stars sang together,
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 - “Or who shut in the sea with doors,
When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - When I made the clouds its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling band;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - When I fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - When I said,
‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves must stop!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 - It takes on form like clay under a seal,
And stands out like a garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the upraised arm is broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - “Have you entered the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in search of the depths?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:18 - Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:20 - That you may take it to its territory,
That you may know the paths to its home?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:21 - Do you know it, because you were born then,
Or because the number of your days is great?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22 - “Have you entered the treasury of snow,
Or have you seen the treasury of hail,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
For the day of battle and war?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - By what way is light diffused,
Or the east wind scattered over the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:25 - “Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water,
Or a path for the thunderbolt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 - To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - To satisfy the desolate waste,
And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - From whose womb comes the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - The waters harden like stone,
And the surface of the deep is frozen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 - “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
Or loose the belt of Orion?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 - Can you bring out Mazzaroth[fn] in its season?
Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33 - Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you set their dominion over the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who has put wisdom in the mind?[fn]
Or who has given understanding to the heart?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - When the dust hardens in clumps,
And the clods cling together?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - When they crouch in their dens,
Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provides food for the raven,
When its young ones cry to God,
And wander about for lack of food?
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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

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