| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: | 1Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind. He said: |
| 2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? | 2Who is this who obscures My counsel with ignorant words? |
| 3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. | 3Get ready to answer Me like a man; when I question you, you will inform Me. |
| 4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. | 4Where were you when I established the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. |
| 5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? | 5Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? |
| 6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, | 6What supports its foundations? Or who laid its cornerstone |
| 7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? | 7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
| 8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, | 8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb, |
| 9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, | 9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, |
| 10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, | 10when I determined its boundaries and put its bars and doors in place, |
| 11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’? | 11when I declared: "You may come this far, but no farther; your proud waves stop here"? |
| 12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, | 12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, |
| 13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it? | 13so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it? |
| 14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment. | 14The earth is changed as clay is by a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment. |
| 15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken. | 15Light is withheld from the wicked, and the arm raised in violence is broken. |
| 16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep? | 16Have you traveled to the sources of the sea or walked in the depths of the oceans? |
| 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? | 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deep darkness? |
| 18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. | 18Have you comprehended the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. |
| 19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides, | 19Where is the road to the home of light? Do you know where darkness lives, |
| 20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home? | 20so you can lead it back to its border? Are you familiar with the paths to its home? |
| 21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great! | 21Don't you know? You were already born; you have lived so long! |
| 22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail, | 22Have you entered the place where the snow is stored? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail, |
| 23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? | 23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of warfare and battle? |
| 24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? | 24What road leads to the place where light is dispersed? Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth? |
| 25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, | 25Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain or clears the way for lightning, |
| 26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, | 26to bring rain on an uninhabited land, on a desert with no human life, |
| 27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? | 27to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout? |
| 28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? | 28Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the drops of dew? |
| 29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, | 29Whose womb did the ice come from? Who gave birth to the frost of heaven |
| 30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? | 30when water becomes as hard as stone, and the surface of the watery depths is frozen? |
| 31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? | 31Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? |
| 32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs? | 32Can you bring out the constellations in their season and lead the Bear and her cubs? |
| 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? | 33Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth? |
| 34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? | 34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? |
| 35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? | 35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Do they report to you: "Here we are"? |
| 36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind? | 36Who put wisdom in the heart or gave the mind understanding? |
| 37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens | 37Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven |
| 38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? | 38when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together? |
| 39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions | 39Can you hunt prey for a lioness or satisfy the appetite of young lions |
| 40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket? | 40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait within their lairs? |
| 41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food? | 41Who provides the raven's food when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food? |
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