Job 38 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2 Who is this who darkens counsel with words of ignorance? “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?
3 Gird up your loins now, like a man; I will question you, and you tell me the answers! Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
4 Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who determined its size? Surely you know? Who stretched out the measuring line for it? Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 Into what were its pedestals sunk, and who laid its cornerstone, On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—
7 While the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
8 Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb, “Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9 When I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door, and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,
11 And said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves stop? and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’? when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?
12 Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,
13 For taking hold of the ends of the earth, till the wicked are shaken from it? that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?
14 The earth is changed as clay by the seal, and dyed like a garment; It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 But from the wicked their light is withheld, and the arm of pride is shattered. From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.
16 Have you entered into the sources of the sea, or walked about on the bottom of the deep? “Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep? “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been shown to you, or have you seen the gates of darkness? Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all. Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.
19 What is the way to the dwelling of light, and darkness—where is its place? “Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?
20 That you may take it to its territory and know the paths to its home? that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home? Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
21 You know, because you were born then, and the number of your days is great! You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!
22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, and seen the storehouses of the hail “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved for times of distress, for a day of war and battle? which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
24 What is the way to the parting of the winds, where the east wind spreads over the earth? What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
25 Who has laid out a channel for the downpour and a path for the thunderstorm “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt, Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
26 To bring rain to uninhabited land, the unpeopled wilderness; to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man, to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert,
27 To drench the desolate wasteland till the desert blooms with verdure? to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass? to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
28 Has the rain a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? “Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb comes the ice, and who gives the hoarfrost its birth in the skies, From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven? From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
30 When the waters lie covered as though with stone that holds captive the surface of the deep? The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?
31 Have you tied cords to the Pleiades, or loosened the bonds of Orion? “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt?
32 Can you bring forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or guide the Bear with her children? Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?
33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens; can you put into effect their plan on the earth? Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth?
34 Can you raise your voice to the clouds, for them to cover you with a deluge of waters? “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
35 Can you send forth the lightnings on their way, so that they say to you, “Here we are”? Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’? Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives wisdom to the ibis, and gives the rooster understanding? Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind? Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding?
37 Who counts the clouds with wisdom? Who tilts the water jars of heaven Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
38 So that the dust of earth is fused into a mass and its clods stick together? when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together? when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?
39 Do you hunt the prey for the lion or appease the hunger of young lions, “Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions
40 While they crouch in their dens, or lie in ambush in the thicket? when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket? when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?
41 Who provides nourishment for the raven when its young cry out to God, wandering about without food? Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
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