Job 37 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 38

¹Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

KJVThen the LORD^H3068 answered^H6030^(H8799) Job^H347 out of the whirlwind^H5591, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

KJVWho is this that darkeneth^H2821^(H8688) counsel^H6098 by words^H4405 without knowledge^H1847?

³ Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

KJVGird up^H247^(H8798) now thy loins^H2504 like a man^H1397; for I will demand^H7592^(H8799) of thee, and answer^H3045^(H8685) thou me.

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

KJVWhere^H375 wast thou when I laid the foundations^H3245^(H8800) of the earth^H776? declare^H5046^(H8685), if thou hast^H3045^(H8804) understanding^H998.

⁵ Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

KJVWho hath laid^H7760^(H8804) the measures^H4461 thereof, if thou knowest^H3045^(H8799)? or who hath stretched^H5186^(H8804) the line^H6957 upon it?

⁶ What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,

KJVWhereupon are the foundations^H134 thereof fastened^H2883^(H8717)? or who laid^H3384^(H8804) the corner^H6438 stone^H68 thereof;

⁷ when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

KJVWhen the morning^H1242 stars^H3556 sang^H7442^(H8800) together^H3162, and all the sons^H1121 of God^H430 shouted^H7321^(H8686) for joy?

⁸ “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

KJVOr who shut up^H5526^(H8686) the sea^H3220 with doors^H1817, when it brake forth^H1518^(H8800), as if it had issued out^H3318^(H8799) of the womb^H7358?

⁹ when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

KJVWhen I made^H7760^(H8800) the cloud^H6051 the garment^H3830 thereof, and thick darkness^H6205 a swaddlingband^H2854 for it,

¹⁰ marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

KJVAnd brake up^H7665^(H8799) for it my decreed^H2706 place, and set^H7760^(H8799) bars^H1280 and doors^H1817,

¹¹ and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?

KJVAnd said^H559^(H8799), Hitherto^H5704^H6311 shalt thou come^H935^(H8799), but no further^H3254^(H8686): and here shall thy proud^H1347 waves^H1530 be stayed^H7896^(H8799)?

¹² “Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,

KJVHast thou commanded^H6680^(H8765) the morning^H1242 since thy days^H3117; and caused the dayspring^H7837 to know^H3045^(H8765) his place^H4725;

¹³ that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

KJVThat it might take hold^H270^(H8800) of the ends^H3671 of the earth^H776, that the wicked^H7563 might be shaken out^H5287^(H8735) of it?

¹⁴ It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.

KJVIt is turned^H2015^(H8691) as clay^H2563 to the seal^H2368; and they stand^H3320^(H8691) as a garment^H3830.

¹⁵ From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

KJVAnd from the wicked^H7563 their light^H216 is withholden^H4513^(H8735), and the high^H7311^(H8802) arm^H2220 shall be broken^H7665^(H8735).

¹⁶ “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

KJVHast thou entered^H935^(H8804) into the springs^H5033 of the sea^H3220? or hast thou walked^H1980^(H8694) in the search^H2714 of the depth^H8415?

¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

KJVHave the gates^H8179 of death^H4194 been opened^H1540^(H8738) unto thee? or hast thou seen^H7200^(H8799) the doors^H8179 of the shadow of death^H6757?

¹⁸ Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.

KJVHast thou perceived^H995^(H8712) the breadth^H7338 of the earth^H776? declare^H5046^(H8685) if thou knowest^H3045^(H8804) it all.

¹⁹ “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

KJVWhere is the way^H1870 where light^H216 dwelleth^H7931^(H8799)? and as for darkness^H2822, where is the place^H4725 thereof,

²⁰ that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

KJVThat thou shouldest take^H3947^(H8799) it to the bound^H1366 thereof, and that thou shouldest know^H995^(H8799) the paths^H5410 to the house^H1004 thereof?

²¹ Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

KJVKnowest^H3045^(H8804) thou it, because thou wast then born^H3205^(H8735)? or because the number^H4557 of thy days^H3117 is great^H7227?

²² Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

KJVHast thou entered^H935^(H8804) into the treasures^H214 of the snow^H7950? or hast thou seen^H7200^(H8799) the treasures^H214 of the hail^H1259,

²³ which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

KJVWhich I have reserved^H2820^(H8804) against the time^H6256 of trouble^H6862, against the day^H3117 of battle^H7128 and war^H4421?

²⁴ By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

KJVBy what^H335 way^H1870 is the light^H216 parted^H2505^(H8735), which scattereth^H6327^(H8686) the east wind^H6921 upon the earth^H776?

²⁵ Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,

KJVWho hath divided^H6385^(H8765) a watercourse^H8585 for the overflowing of waters^H7858, or a way^H1870 for the lightning^H2385 of thunder^H6963;

²⁶ to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,

KJVTo cause it to rain^H4305^(H8687) on the earth^H776, where no man^H376 is; on the wilderness^H4057, wherein there is no man^H120;

²⁷ to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?

KJVTo satisfy^H7646^(H8687) the desolate^H7722 and waste^H4875 ground; and to cause the bud^H4161 of the tender herb^H1877 to spring forth^H6779^(H8687)?

²⁸ Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

KJVHath^H3426 the rain^H4306 a father^H1? or who hath begotten^H3205^(H8689) the drops^H96 of dew^H2919?

²⁹ Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?

KJVOut of whose womb^H990 came^H3318^(H8804) the ice^H7140? and the hoary frost^H3713 of heaven^H8064, who hath gendered^H3205^(H8804) it?

³⁰ The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

KJVThe waters^H4325 are hid^H2244^(H8691) as with a stone^H68, and the face^H6440 of the deep^H8415 is frozen^H3920^(H8691).

³¹ “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

KJVCanst thou bind^H7194^(H8762) the sweet influences^H4575 of Pleiades^H3598, or loose^H6605^(H8762) the bands^H4189 of Orion^H3685?

³² Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

KJVCanst thou bring forth^H3318^(H8686) Mazzaroth^H4216 in his season^H6256? or canst thou guide^H5148^(H8686) Arcturus^H5906 with his sons^H1121?

³³ Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

KJVKnowest^H3045^(H8804) thou the ordinances^H2708 of heaven^H8064? canst thou set^H7760^(H8799) the dominion^H4896 thereof in the earth^H776?

³⁴ “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?

KJVCanst thou lift up^H7311^(H8686) thy voice^H6963 to the clouds^H5645, that abundance^H8229 of waters^H4325 may cover^H3680^(H8762) thee?

³⁵ Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

KJVCanst thou send^H7971^(H8762) lightnings^H1300, that they may go^H3212^(H8799), and say^H559^(H8799) unto thee, Here we are?

³⁶ Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

KJVWho hath put^H7896^(H8804) wisdom^H2451 in the inward parts^H2910? or who hath given^H5414^(H8804) understanding^H998 to the heart^H7907?

³⁷ Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,

KJVWho can number^H5608^(H8762) the clouds^H7834 in wisdom^H2451? or who can stay^H7901^(H8686) the bottles^H5035 of heaven^H8064,

³⁸ when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

KJVWhen the dust^H6083 groweth^H3332^(H8800) into hardness^H4165, and the clods^H7263 cleave fast together^H1692^(H8792)?

³⁹ “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

KJVWilt thou hunt^H6679^(H8799) the prey^H2964 for the lion^H3833? or fill^H4390^(H8762) the appetite^H2416 of the young lions^H3715,

⁴⁰ when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

KJVWhen they couch^H7817^(H8799) in their dens^H4585, and abide^H3427^(H8799) in the covert^H5521 to^H3926 lie in wait^H695?

⁴¹ Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

KJVWho provideth^H3559^(H8686) for the raven^H6158 his food^H6718? when his young ones^H3206 cry^H7768^(H8762) unto God^H410, they wander^H8582^(H8799) for lack^H1097 of meat^H400.

WEB·Job 37

¹“Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

KJVAt this^H2063 also my heart^H3820 trembleth^H2729^(H8799), and is moved out^H5425^(H8799) of his place^H4725.

² Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) attentively^H8085^(H8800) the noise^H7267 of his voice^H6963, and the sound^H1899 that goeth out^H3318^(H8799) of his mouth^H6310.

³ He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

KJVHe directeth^H3474^(H8765) it^H8281^(H8799) under the whole heaven^H8064, and his lightning^H216 unto the ends^H3671 of the earth^H776.

⁴ After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is heard.

KJVAfter^H310 it a voice^H6963 roareth^H7580^(H8799): he thundereth^H7481^(H8686) with the voice^H6963 of his excellency^H1347; and he will not stay^H6117^(H8762) them when his voice^H6963 is heard^H8085^(H8735).

⁵ God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can’t comprehend.

KJVGod^H410 thundereth^H7481^(H8686) marvellously^H6381^(H8737) with his voice^H6963; great things^H1419 doeth^H6213^(H8802) he, which we cannot comprehend^H3045^(H8799).

⁶ For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

KJVFor he saith^H559^(H8799) to the snow^H7950, Be thou^H1933^(H8798) on the earth^H776; likewise to the small^H4306 rain^H1653, and to the great^H4306 rain^H1653 of his strength^H5797.

⁷ He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.

KJVHe sealeth up^H2856^(H8799) the hand^H3027 of every man^H120; that all men^H582 may know^H3045^(H8800) his work^H4639.

⁸ Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.

KJVThen the beasts^H2416 go^H935^(H8799) into^H1119 dens^H695, and remain^H7931^(H8799) in their places^H4585.

⁹ Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north.

KJVOut of the south^H2315 cometh^H935^(H8799) the whirlwind^H5492: and cold^H7135 out of the north^H4215.

¹⁰ By the breath of God, ice is given, and the width of the waters is frozen.

KJVBy the breath^H5397 of God^H410 frost^H7140 is given^H5414^(H8799): and the breadth^H7341 of the waters^H4325 is straitened^H4164.

¹¹ Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

KJVAlso by watering^H7377 he wearieth^H2959^(H8686) the thick cloud^H5645: he scattereth^H6327^(H8686) his bright^H216 cloud^H6051:

¹² It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

KJVAnd it is turned^H2015^(H8693) round about^H4524 by his counsels^H8458: that they may do^H6467 whatsoever he commandeth^H6680^(H8762) them upon the face^H6440 of the world^H8398 in the earth^H776.

¹³ whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

KJVHe causeth it to come^H4672^(H8686), whether for correction^H7626, or for his land^H776, or for mercy^H2617.

¹⁴ “Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

KJVHearken^H238^(H8685) unto this, O Job^H347: stand still^H5975^(H8798), and consider^H995^(H8708) the wondrous^H6381^(H8737) works of God^H410.

¹⁵ Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

KJVDost thou know^H3045^(H8799) when God^H433 disposed^H7760^(H8800) them, and caused the light^H216 of his cloud^H6051 to shine^H3313^(H8689)?

¹⁶ Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

KJVDost thou know^H3045^(H8799) the balancings^H4657 of the clouds^H5645, the wondrous works^H4652 of him which is perfect^H8549 in knowledge^H1843?

¹⁷ You whose clothing is warm when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

KJVHow thy garments^H899 are warm^H2525, when he quieteth^H8252^(H8687) the earth^H776 by the south^H1864 wind?

¹⁸ Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

KJVHast thou with him spread out^H7554^(H8686) the sky^H7834, which is strong^H2389, and as a molten^H3332^(H8716) looking glass^H7209?

¹⁹ Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.

KJVTeach^H3045^(H8685) us what we shall say^H559^(H8799) unto him; for we cannot order^H6186^(H8799) our speech by reason^H6440 of darkness^H2822.

²⁰ Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

KJVShall it be told^H5608^(H8792) him that I speak^H1696^(H8762)? if a man^H376 speak^H559^(H8804), surely he shall be swallowed up^H1104^(H8792).

²¹ Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

KJVAnd now men see^H7200^(H8804) not the bright^H925 light^H216 which is in the clouds^H7834: but the wind^H7307 passeth^H5674^(H8804), and cleanseth^H2891^(H8762) them.

²² Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.

KJVFair weather^H2091 cometh^H857^(H8799) out of the north^H6828: with God^H433 is terrible^H3372^(H8737) majesty^H1935.

²³ We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

KJVTouching the Almighty^H7706, we cannot find him out^H4672^(H8804): he is excellent^H7689 in power^H3581, and in judgment^H4941, and in plenty^H7230 of justice^H6666: he will not afflict^H6031^(H8762).

²⁴ Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”

KJVMen^H582 do therefore fear^H3372^(H8804) him: he respecteth^H7200^(H8799) not any that are wise^H2450 of heart^H3820.

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