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

God Speaks Now to Job

Job 38:1

Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,

Job 38:2

“Who is this who darkens the divine plan

By words without knowledge?

Job 38:3

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

And I shall ask you, and you inform Me!

Job 38:4

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

Tell Me, if you [fn]have understanding,

Job 38:5

Who set its measurements? Since you know.

Or who stretched the measuring line over it?

Job 38:6

“On what were its bases sunk?

Or who laid its cornerstone,

Job 38:7

When the morning stars sang together

And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors

When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;

Job 38:9

When I made a cloud its garment,

And thick darkness its swaddling bands,

Job 38:10

And I [fn]placed boundaries on it

And set a bolt and doors,

Job 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

Job 38:12

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

And made the dawn know its place,

Job 38:13

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

And the wicked would be shaken off from it?

Job 38:14

“It is changed like clay under the seal;

And they stand out like a garment.

Job 38:15

“Their light is withheld from the wicked,

And the uplifted arm is broken.

Job 38:16

“Have you entered the springs of the sea,

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

Job 38:17

“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,

And have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Job 38:18

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

Tell Me, if you know all this.

Job 38:19

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?

And darkness, where is its place,

Job 38:20

That you would take it to its territory,

And discern the paths to its [fn]home?

Job 38:21

“You know, for you were born then,

And the number of your days is great!

Job 38:22

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,

And have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Job 38:23

Which I have reserved for a time of distress,

For a day of war and battle?

Job 38:24

“Where is the way that the light is divided,

And the east wind scattered on the earth?

Job 38:25

“Who has split open a channel for the flood,

And a way for the thunderbolt,

Job 38:26

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

On a desert without a person in it,

Job 38:27

To satisfy the waste and desolate land,

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

Job 38:28

“Does the rain have a father?

Or who has fathered the drops of dew?

Job 38:29

“From whose womb has come the ice?

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

Job 38:30

“Water [fn]becomes hard like stone,

And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

Job 38:31

“Can you tie up the chains of the Pleiades,

Or untie the cords of Orion?

Job 38:32

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

And guide the Bear with her [fn]satellites?

Job 38:33

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,

Or do you establish their rule over the earth?

Job 38:34

“Can you raise your voice to the clouds,

So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Job 38:35

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

And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Job 38:36

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being,

Or given understanding to the [fn]mind?

Job 38:37

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

And pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Job 38:38

When the dust hardens into a mass

And the clods stick together?

Job 38:39

“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,

Or satisfy the appetite of young lions,

Job 38:40

When they crouch in their hiding places,

And lie in wait in their lair?

Job 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
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