Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
And he answered Yahweh Job (from - *Q(K)*) (the tempest *Q(k)*) and he said.
2 "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Who? this - [is] making dark counsel by words not knowledge.
3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me.
Gird up please like a man loins your and I will ask you and make known to me.
4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
Where? were you when founded I [the] earth tell if you know understanding.
5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
Who? did he appoint measurements its for you know or who? did he stretch out on it a measuring-line.
6 Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
On what? bases its were they sunk or who? did he lay [the] stone of corner its.
7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
When sang together [the] stars of morning and they shouted all [the] sons of God.
8 "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,
And he shut off with doors [the] sea when burst forth it from [the] womb it came forth.
9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
When made I cloud[s] clothing its and thick darkness swaddling-band its.
10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
And I broke on it boundary my and I set in place a bar and doors.
11 and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'
And I said to here you will come and not you will add and here someone will fix in [the] pride of waves your.
12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;
¿ From days your have you commanded morning (you caused to know the dawn *Q(K)*) place its.
13 that it might take hold of the farthest parts of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
To take hold on [the] corners of the earth so they may be shaken wicked [people] from it.
14 It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.
It is changed like [the] clay of a seal so they may stand forth like clothing.
15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
So it may be withheld from wicked [people] light their and an arm uplifted it is broken.
16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
¿ Have you gone to [the] springs of [the] sea and in [the] depth of [the] deep have you walked about?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
¿ Have they been revealed to you [the] gates of death and [the] gates of deep darkness have you seen?
18 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.
Have you shown yourself attentive? to [the] broad spaces of [the] earth tell if you know all of it.
19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
Where? this [is] the way [where] it dwells light and darkness where? this [is] place its.
20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
That you will take it to territory its and that you will discern [the] paths of house its.
21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great.
You know for then you were born and [the] number of days your [is] many.
22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
¿ Have you gone into [the] storehouses of snow and [the] storehouses of hail have you seen?
23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Which I have kept back for [the] time of distress for [the] day of battle and warfare.
24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
Where? this [is] the way [where] it is divided light [where] it scatters [the] east wind over [the] earth.
25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;
Who? does he divide for the flood a channel and a path for [the] storm of thunder claps.
26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
To send rain on a land not anyone a wilderness [which] not anyone [is] in it.
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
To satisfy devastation and desolation and to cause to sprout a going forth of vegetation.
28 Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
¿ [is] there For the rain a father or who? does he father [the] drops of dew.
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
From [the] womb of whom? does it come forth the ice and [the] frost of heaven who? does he give birth to it.
30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
Like stone waters they become hard and [the] surface of [the] deep they freeze.
31 "Can you fasten the chains of Kimah, or loosen the cords of Kesil?
¿ Will you bind on [the] bonds of Pleiades or? [the] chains of Orion will you loosen.
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can you lead Aysh with her children?
¿ Will you lead out [the] constellations at appropriate time its and [the] Bear with young ones its will you guide? them.
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
¿ Do you know [the] statutes of [the] heavens or? do you appoint rule its over the earth.
34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
¿ Will you lift up to the cloud[s] voice your and an abundance of water will you cover? yourself.
35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
¿ Will you send forth lightning so they may go and they may say to you here [are] we.
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
Who? has he put in the inner parts wisdom or who? has he given to the heart understanding.
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
Who? will he count [the] clouds by wisdom and [the] waterskins of heaven who? will he make to lie down.
38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
When flows [the] dust into lump and [the] clods they are joined together.
39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
¿ Will you hunt for a lion prey and [the] life of young lions will you fill?
40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
If they will crouch in dens they will remain in thicket for lying-in-wait.
41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
Who? does he prepare for the raven food-supply its if (young ones its *Q(K)*) to God they will cry for help they will wander about for not food.
