Parallel Chapters God Challenges Job | 1Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: | 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: | 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, | 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 that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? | 2“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? | 2"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? | 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? | 2Who is this who obscures My counsel with ignorant words? |
| 3Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. | 3Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. | 3"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! | 3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. | 3Get ready to answer Me like a man; when I question you, you will inform Me. |
| 4"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. | 4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. | 4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, | 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. | 4Where were you when I established the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. |
| 5Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? | 5Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? | 5Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? | 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? | 5Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? |
| 6On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone-- | 6On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, | 6"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, | 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; | 6What supports its foundations? Or who laid its cornerstone |
| 7while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? | 7when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? | 7When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? | 7When 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? |
| 8"Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, | 8“Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, | 8"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; | 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? | 8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb, |
| 9when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, | 9when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, | 9When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band, | 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, | 9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, |
| 10when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, | 10and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, | 10And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors, | 10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, | 10when I determined its boundaries and put its bars and doors in place, |
| 11when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'? | 11and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’? | 11And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop '? | 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? | 11when I declared: "You may come this far, but no farther; your proud waves stop here"? |
| 12"Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, | 12“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, | 12"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, | 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; | 12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, |
| 13that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it? | 13that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? | 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? | 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken 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 features stand out like those of a garment. | 14It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. | 14"It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment. | 14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. | 14The earth is changed as clay is by a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment. |
| 15The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken. | 15From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. | 15"From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken. | 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. | 15Light is withheld from the wicked, and the arm raised in violence is broken. |
| 16"Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? | 16“Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep? | 16"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep? | 16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? | 16Have you traveled to the sources of the sea or walked in the depths of the oceans? |
| 17Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? | 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? | 17"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? | 17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? | 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deep darkness? |
| 18Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. | 18Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. | 18"Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. | 18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. | 18Have you comprehended the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. |
| 19"What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside? | 19“Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, | 19"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, | 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, | 19Where is the road to the home of light? Do you know where darkness lives, |
| 20Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings? | 20that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home? | 20That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home? | 20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? | 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! You have lived so many years! | 21You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! | 21"You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! | 21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? | 21Don't you know? You were already born; you have lived so long! |
| 22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail, | 22“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, | 22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, | 22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, | 22Have you entered the place where the snow is stored? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail, |
| 23which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle? | 23which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? | 23Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle? | 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? | 23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of warfare and battle? |
| 24What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth? | 24What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? | 24"Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? | 24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon 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 torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, | 25“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt, | 25"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt, | 25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; | 25Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain or clears the way for lightning, |
| 26to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert, | 26to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man, | 26To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it, | 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; | 26to bring rain on an uninhabited land, on a desert with no human life, |
| 27to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass? | 27to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass? | 27To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout? | 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? | 27to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout? |
| 28Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew? | 28“Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? | 28"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? | 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? | 28Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the drops of dew? |
| 29From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens | 29From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven? | 29"From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth? | 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? | 29Whose womb did the ice come from? Who gave birth to the frost of heaven |
| 30when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen? | 30The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. | 30"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. | 30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. | 30when water becomes as hard as stone, and the surface of the watery depths is frozen? |
| 31"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion's belt? | 31“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? | 31"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion? | 31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands 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 with its cubs? | 32Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? | 32"Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites? | 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? | 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 up God's dominion over the earth? | 33Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? | 33"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? | 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? | 33Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you impose its authority on earth? |
| 34"Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? | 34“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? | 34"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? | 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? | 34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? |
| 35Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'? | 35Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’? | 35"Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'? | 35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? | 35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Do they report to you: "Here we are"? |
| 36Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding? | 36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind? | 36"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind? | 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? | 36Who put wisdom in the heart or gave the mind understanding? |
| 37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens | 37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, | 37"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, | 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, | 37Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven |
| 38when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together? | 38when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together? | 38When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? | 38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? | 38when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together? |
| 39"Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions | 39“Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, | 39"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, | 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, | 39Can you hunt prey for a lioness or satisfy the appetite of young lions |
| 40when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket? | 40when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket? | 40When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair? | 40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? | 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 and wander about for lack of food? | 41Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food? | 41"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food? | 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. | 41Who provides the raven's food when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food? |
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