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OEB JOB Chapter 38

JOB 38 ©

38Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2who is this, then, that darkeneth counsel

By words that are empty of knowledge?

3Gird up they loins like a man:

I would ask of thee – do thou enlighten Me.

4Where wast thou, when I founded the earth?

Declare out of the depths of thine insight.

5Dost thou of know who appointed her measures,

Or who stretched upon her the line?

6Whereupon were her pedestal sunk,

Or who laid her cornerstone,

7When the morning-stars sang together,

And the sons of God shouted in chorus?

8Who shut in the sea with doors,

When it burst its way out of the womb–

9When gave it its robe of cloud,

And its swaddling band of the dark cloud;

10When I broke off its border for it,

And set on its bars and doors,

11Declaring, "Thus far, but no further,

And here shall thy proud waves be stayed"?

12Didst thou ever give charge to the morning,

Or appoint to the day-star her place,

13To take hold of the skirts of the earth,

And to shake out the wicked from off it?

14It is changed as clay under the seal,

And the world stands forth (bright) as a garment.

16Hast thou entered the springs of the ocean,

Or walked in the depths of the sea?

17Have the gate-ways of Death been unveiled to thee?

Hast thou looked on the porters of Hades?

18The breadth of the earth hast thou noted?

How great is it? Tell, if thou knowest.

19Which way leads to the home of the light?

And where is the place of the darkness?

20Canst thou fetch it out unto its border,

Or lead it back home to its house?

21Thou wast born then, so doubtless thou knowest–

The tale of thy years is so great!

22Hast thou entered the store-house of snow?

Hast thou looked on the guardians of hail,

23Which I hoard for the time of distress,

for the day of assault and of battle?

24Which way are the vapours divided,

That scatter on earth the cool water?

25Who cleft for the torrents a channel,

A path for the flash of the lightning–

26Sending rain on the desolate land,

On the uninhabited desert,

27Thus gladdening the wilderness waste,

And the thirsty land clothing with verdure?

28Say, hath the rain a father?

Or who hath begotten the dew-drops?

29Out of whose womb issued the ice?

And the hoar-frost of heaven – who hath borne it?

30The waters are frozen like stone,

And the face of the deep remains hidden.

31Dost thou fasten the chain of the dog-star

Or loosen the bonds or Orion?

32Dost thou bring out the stars in their season?

The Bear with her young dost thou lead?

33Dost thou lay down the law to the heavens,

Or establish their rule in the earth?

34Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,

That abundance of waters obey thee?

35Dost thou send on their mission the lightnings?

To thee do they say, "Here we are"?

36Who hath set in the fleecy clouds wisdom?

Or given to the meteor insight?

37Who spreadeth the clouds out in wisdom?

Who tilteth the pitchers of heaven,

38When the dust runneth into a mass

And the clods cleave firmly together?

The Wonders of the Animate World

39Dost thou hunt for the lion his prey

Or the young lions’ craving appease,

40When low in their lairs they crouch,

Lying in wait in the thicket?

41Who provideth at even his food,

When his young ones cry unto God,

Open-mouthed, for the meat that is lacking?

JOB 38 ©

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