Job 38
1 Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
2 Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?
Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
3 Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee and declare thou vnto me.
Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,
Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it:
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:
Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,
7 When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced:
When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?
8 Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:
Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:
9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:
When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?
10 When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,
I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,
Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?
13 That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.
The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment:
15 And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.
From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?
Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
17 Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?
Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?
18 Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? tell if thou knowest all this.
Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things?
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,
Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness:
20 That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?
That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.
21 Knewest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and because the nomber of thy dayes is great?
Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?
22 Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seene the treasures of ye haile,
Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail:
23 Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell?
Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth?
By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?
25 Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? or the way for the lightning of ye thunders,
Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:
26 To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?
That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:
27 To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
28 Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?
Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?
Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.
The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.
31 Canst thou restraine the sweete influences of the Pleiades? or loose the bandes of Orion?
Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?
32 Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes?
Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?
33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?
Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisedome in the reines? or who hath giuen the heart vnderstanding?
Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?
37 Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,
Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
38 When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?
When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,
Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,
40 When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?
When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
41 Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?
Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?
