< Job 38 >
1 and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) ([the] tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
2 who? this to darken counsel in/on/with speech without knowledge
"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 to gird please like/as great man loin your and to ask you and to know me
Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me.
4 where? to be in/on/with to found I land: country/planet to tell if to know understanding
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
5 who? to set: make measurement her for to know or who? to stretch upon her line
Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
6 upon what? socket her to sink or who? to shoot stone corner her
Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
7 in/on/with to sing unitedness star morning and to shout all son: child God
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 and to fence in/on/with door sea in/on/with to burst/come out he from womb to come out: produce
"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,
9 in/on/with to set: make I cloud clothing his and cloud swaddling his
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 and to break upon him statute: allotment my and to set: make bar and door
marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
11 and to say till here to come (in): come and not to add and here to set: appoint in/on/with pride heap: wave your
and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'
12 from day your to command morning (to know [the] dawn *Q(K)*) place his
"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;
13 to/for to grasp in/on/with wing [the] land: country/planet and to shake wicked from her
that it might take hold of the farthest parts of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
14 to overturn like/as homer signet and to stand like clothing
It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.
15 and to withhold from wicked light their and arm to exalt to break
From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
16 to come (in): come till spring sea and in/on/with search abyss to go: walk
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 to reveal: reveal to/for you gate death and gate shadow to see: see
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 to understand till breadth land: country/planet to tell if to know all her
Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.
19 where? this [the] way: direction to dwell light and darkness where? this place his
"What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
20 for to take: take him to(wards) border: area his and for to understand path house: home his
that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
21 to know for then to beget and number day your many
Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great.
22 to come (in): come to(wards) treasure snow and treasure hail to see: see
Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
23 which to withhold to/for time distress to/for day battle and battle
which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 where? this [the] way: direction to divide light to scatter east upon land: country/planet
By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
25 who? to divide to/for flood conduit and way: road to/for lightning voice: thunder
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;
26 to/for to rain upon land: country/planet not man: anyone wilderness not man in/on/with him
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
27 to/for to satisfy devastation and desolation and to/for to spring exit grass
to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
28 there to/for rain father or who? to beget drop dew
Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
29 from belly: womb who? to come out: come [the] ice and frost heaven who? to beget him
Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
30 like/as stone water to hide and face: surface abyss to capture
The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
31 to conspire bond Pleiades or cord Orion to open
"Can you fasten the chains of Kimah, or loosen the cords of Kesil?
32 to come out: send Mazzaroth in/on/with time his and Bear upon son: child her to lead them
Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can you lead Aysh with her children?
33 to know statute heaven if: surely no to set: make rule his in/on/with land: country/planet
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
34 to exalt to/for cloud voice your and abundance water to cover you
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
35 to send: depart lightning and to go: went and to say to/for you look! we
Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
36 who? to set: put in/on/with inner parts wisdom or who? to give: give to/for heart understanding
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
37 who? to recount cloud in/on/with wisdom and bag heaven who? to lie down: lay down
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
38 in/on/with to pour: pour dust to/for casting and clod to cleave
when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
39 to hunt to/for lion prey and living thing lion to fill
"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 for to bow in/on/with habitation to dwell in/on/with booth upon ambush
when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
41 who? to establish: prepare to/for raven food his for (youth his *Q(K)*) to(wards) God to cry to go astray to/for without food
Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?