Job 38
1 and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) ([the] tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,
2 who? this to darken counsel in/on/with speech without knowledge
“(Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.) [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!
3 to gird please like/as great man loin your and to ask you and to know me
I want to ask you [some] questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.
4 where? to be in/on/with to found I land: country/planet to tell if to know understanding
(“Where were you/Were you there with me) [long ago] when I (laid the foundations of/created) the earth? Since you know so much, tell me [where you were at that time].
5 who? to set: make measurement her for to know or who? to stretch upon her line
Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely [since you think that you know so much, ] you should know that!
6 upon what? socket her to sink or who? to shoot stone corner her
What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars [that shine early] in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully [when they saw that happening], who laid that cornerstone? [Did you?]
7 in/on/with to sing unitedness star morning and to shout all son: child God
8 and to fence in/on/with door sea in/on/with to burst/come out he from womb to come out: produce
“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?
9 in/on/with to set: make I cloud clothing his and cloud swaddling his
It was I, [not you, ] who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark [under those clouds].
10 and to break upon him statute: allotment my and to set: make bar and door
I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers [so that the water would not come over the land].
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
[I pointed to the shore] and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’
12 from day your to command morning (to know [the] dawn *Q(K)*) place his
“Job, have you [ever] commanded the morning [to begin]? Have you [ever] told the dawn to start a new day?
13 to/for to grasp in/on/with wing [the] land: country/planet and to shake wicked from her
Have you [ever] told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?
14 to overturn like/as homer signet and to stand like clothing
When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.
15 and to withhold from wicked light their and arm to exalt to break
When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness [that they like]; [in the daylight] they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.
16 to come (in): come till spring sea and in/on/with search abyss to go: walk
“[Job, ] have you traveled to the springs [in the bottom of the ocean] from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?
17 to reveal: reveal to/for you gate death and gate shadow to see: see
Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?
18 to understand till breadth land: country/planet to tell if to know all her
Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!
19 where? this [the] way: direction to dwell light and darkness where? this place his
“Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And [can you tell me] where darkness lives?
20 for to take: take him to(wards) border: area his and for to understand path house: home his
Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?
21 to know for then to beget and number day your many
I am sure that you know these things, because you [talk as though you] were born before the time when all things were created; you [must] be very old!
22 to come (in): come to(wards) treasure snow and treasure hail to see: see
“Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?
23 which to withhold to/for time distress to/for day battle and battle
I store the snow and the hail [in order that I can use them to help my people] when [they have] troubles, in times when [they are fighting] wars [DOU].
24 where? this [the] way: direction to divide light to scatter east upon land: country/planet
And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?
25 who? to divide to/for flood conduit and way: road to/for lightning voice: thunder
Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?
26 to/for to rain upon land: country/planet not man: anyone wilderness not man in/on/with him
Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?
27 to/for to satisfy devastation and desolation and to/for to spring exit grass
Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?
28 there to/for rain father or who? to beget drop dew
Does the rain have a father? Does the dew [also] have a father?
29 from belly: womb who? to come out: come [the] ice and frost heaven who? to beget him
And from whose womb does ice come [in the (winter/cold season)]? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?
30 like/as stone water to hide and face: surface abyss to capture
[In the winter, ] the water [freezes and] becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.
31 to conspire bond Pleiades or cord Orion to open
“[Job], can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?
32 to come out: send Mazzaroth in/on/with time his and Bear upon son: child her to lead them
Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide [the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are] the Big Bear and the Little Bear?
33 to know statute heaven if: surely no to set: make rule his in/on/with land: country/planet
Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule [everything here] on the earth?
34 to exalt to/for cloud voice your and abundance water to cover you
“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?
35 to send: depart lightning and to go: went and to say to/for you look! we
Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’
36 who? to set: put in/on/with inner parts wisdom or who? to give: give to/for heart understanding
Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?
37 who? to recount cloud in/on/with wisdom and bag heaven who? to lie down: lay down
And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky [to cause the rain to fall],
38 in/on/with to pour: pour dust to/for casting and clod to cleave
with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry (clods/lumps of soil) [become wet and] stick together?
39 to hunt to/for lion prey and living thing lion to fill
“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, [waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, ] can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that [she and] her cubs can [eat the meat and] not be hungry any more?
40 for to bow in/on/with habitation to dwell in/on/with booth upon ambush
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 dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me [for food], [when they are so weak] because of their lack of food [that] they (stagger around/can hardly stand up) [in their nests]?”
