Job 38 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: 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 without knowledge? “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?
3 Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me! 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 laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess 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 set its measurements--if you know--or who stretched a measuring line across 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 On what were its bases set, or 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 when the morning stars sang in chorus, 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 up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of 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 storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, 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 prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, 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 when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'? 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 life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know 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 that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of 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 takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are 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 Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken. 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 gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses 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 revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest 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 considered the vast expanses 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 |In what direction does light reside, 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 them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes? 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, for you were born before them; 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 storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory 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 reserve for the time of trouble, for the 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 In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered 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 carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder, “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 cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings, 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 satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? 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 Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the 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 From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it, 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 become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid? 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 Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords 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 lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs? 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 laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over 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 so that a flood of water covers you? “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 out lightning bolts, and they go? Will 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 has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind? 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 by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over 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 when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth 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 prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the 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 when they crouch in their dens, when they wait 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 prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of 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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