Job 38 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Speaks Now to Job

(Gen 1:1–10 )

Job 38:1

Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

Job 38:2

Job 38:2“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

Job 38:3

Job 38:3“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

Job 38:4

Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you [fn]have understanding,

Job 38:5

Job 38:5Who set its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?

Job 38:6

Job 38:6“On what were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

Job 38:7

Job 38:7When the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8

Job 38:8“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

Job 38:9

Job 38:9When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:10

Job 38:10And I [fn]placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,

Job 38:11

Job 38:11And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?

God's Mighty Power

Job 38:12

Job 38:12“Have you [fn]ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

Job 38:13

Job 38:13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Job 38:14

Job 38:14“It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like a garment.

Job 38:15

Job 38:15“From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the uplifted arm is broken.

Job 38:16

Job 38:16“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked [fn]in the recesses of the deep?

Job 38:17

Job 38:17“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Job 38:18

Job 38:18“Have you understood the [fn]expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

Job 38:19

Job 38:19“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

Job 38:20

Job 38:20That you may take it to its territory
And that you may discern the paths to its [fn]home?

Job 38:21

Job 38:21“You know, for you were born then,
And the number of your days is great!

Job 38:22

Job 38:22“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Job 38:23

Job 38:23Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle?

Job 38:24

Job 38:24“Where is the way that the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

Job 38:25

Job 38:25“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,

Job 38:26

Job 38:26To bring rain on a land without [fn]people,
On a desert without a man in it,

Job 38:27

Job 38:27To satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to make the [fn]seeds of grass to sprout?

Job 38:28

Job 38:28“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29

Job 38:29“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

Job 38:30

Job 38:30“Water [fn]becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

Job 38:31

Job 38:31“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?

Job 38:32

Job 38:32“Can you lead forth a [fn]constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her [fn]satellites?

Job 38:33

Job 38:33“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?

Job 38:34

Job 38:34“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Job 38:35

Job 38:35“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Job 38:36

Job 38:36“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the [fn]mind?

Job 38:37

Job 38:37“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

Job 38:38

Job 38:38When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?

Job 38:39

Job 38:39“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Job 38:40

Job 38:40When they crouch in their dens
And lie in wait in their lair?

Job 38:41

Job 38:41“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?

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NASB95 Footnotes

(38:4)

Literally: know understanding

(38:10)

Literally: broke My decree on it

(38:12)

Literally: from your days

Or, in search of

Or, width

Literally: house

Literally: man

Or, growth

Literally: hides itself

(38:32)

Hebrew: Mazzaroth

(38:32)

Literally: sons

(38:36)

Or, rooster

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Job 38 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Speaks Now to Job

God's Mighty Power

NASB95 Footnotes

Job Chapter 38 — Additional Translations:

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