Job 38 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

God Speaks Now to Job

(Gen 1:1–10 )

Job 38:1

Job 38:1And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

Job 38:2

Job 38:2Who is this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

Job 38:3

Job 38:3Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Job 38:4

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

Job 38:5

Job 38:5Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

Job 38:6

Job 38:6On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

Job 38:7

Job 38:7In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

Job 38:8

Job 38:8And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

Job 38:9

Job 38:9In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:10

Job 38:10And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

Job 38:11

Job 38:11And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

God's Mighty Power

Job 38:12

Job 38:12Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

Job 38:13

Job 38:13To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

Job 38:14

Job 38:14It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

Job 38:15

Job 38:15And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

Job 38:16

Job 38:16Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

Job 38:17

Job 38:17Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

Job 38:18

Job 38:18Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

Job 38:19

Job 38:19Where is this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this -- its place?

Job 38:20

Job 38:20That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

Job 38:21

Job 38:21Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many!

Job 38:22

Job 38:22Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

Job 38:23

Job 38:23That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

Job 38:24

Job 38:24Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

Job 38:25

Job 38:25Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

Job 38:26

Job 38:26To cause it to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

Job 38:27

Job 38:27To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

Job 38:28

Job 38:28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29

Job 38:29From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

Job 38:30

Job 38:30As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

Job 38:31

Job 38:31Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

Job 38:32

Job 38:32Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

Job 38:33

Job 38:33Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

Job 38:34

Job 38:34Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

Job 38:35

Job 38:35Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'

Job 38:36

Job 38:36Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

Job 38:37

Job 38:37Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

Job 38:38

Job 38:38In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

Job 38:39

Job 38:39Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

Job 38:40

Job 38:40When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

Job 38:41

Job 38:41Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job 38 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

God Speaks Now to Job

God's Mighty Power

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Job Chapter 38 — Additional Translations:

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