Job 38
1 Then Yahweh called to Job out of a fierce storm and said,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) ([the] tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
2 “Who is this who brings darkness to plans by means of words without knowledge?
who? this to darken counsel in/on/with speech without knowledge
3 Now gird up your loins like a man for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
to gird please like/as great man loin your and to ask you and to know me
4 Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations? Tell me, if you have so much understanding.
where? to be in/on/with to found I land: country/planet to tell if to know understanding
5 Who determined its dimensions? Tell me, if you know. Who stretched the measuring line over it?
who? to set: make measurement her for to know or who? to stretch upon her line
6 On what were its foundations laid? Who laid its cornerstone
upon what? socket her to sink or who? to shoot stone corner her
7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
in/on/with to sing unitedness star morning and to shout all son: child God
8 Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst out, as if it had come out of the womb—
and to fence in/on/with door sea in/on/with to burst/come out he from womb to come out: produce
9 when I made clouds its clothing, and thick darkness its swaddling bands?
in/on/with to set: make I cloud clothing his and cloud swaddling his
10 That was when I marked out for the sea my boundary, and when I placed its bars and doors,
and to break upon him statute: allotment my and to set: make bar and door
11 and when I said to it, 'You may come this far, but no farther; here is where I will put a boundary to the pride of your waves.'
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
12 Have you given orders to the morning, or caused the dawn to know its place,
from day your to command morning (to know [the] dawn *Q(K)*) place his
13 so that it might take hold of the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
to/for to grasp in/on/with wing [the] land: country/planet and to shake wicked from her
14 The earth is changed in appearance like clay changes under a seal; all things on it stand out clearly like the folds of a piece of clothing.
to overturn like/as homer signet and to stand like clothing
15 From wicked people their 'light' is taken away; their uplifted arm is broken.
and to withhold from wicked light their and arm to exalt to break
16 Have you gone to the sources of the waters of the sea? Have you walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
to come (in): come till spring sea and in/on/with search abyss to go: walk
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
to reveal: reveal to/for you gate death and gate shadow to see: see
18 Have you understood the earth in its expanse? Tell me, if you know it all.
to understand till breadth land: country/planet to tell if to know all her
19 Where is the way to the resting place of light— as for darkness, where is its place?
where? this [the] way: direction to dwell light and darkness where? this place his
20 Can you lead light and darkness to their places of work? Can you find the way back to their houses for them?
for to take: take him to(wards) border: area his and for to understand path house: home his
21 Undoubtedly you know, for you were born then; the number of your days is so large!
to know for then to beget and number day your many
22 Have you entered the storehouses for the snow, or have you seen the storehouses for the hail,
to come (in): come to(wards) treasure snow and treasure hail to see: see
23 these things that I have kept for times of trouble, for days of battle and war?
which to withhold to/for time distress to/for day battle and battle
24 What is the path to where the lightning bolts are distributed or to where the winds are scattered from the east over the earth?
where? this [the] way: direction to divide light to scatter east upon land: country/planet
25 Who has created the channels for the floods of rain, or who has made a path for the thunder,
who? to divide to/for flood conduit and way: road to/for lightning voice: thunder
26 to cause it to rain on lands where no person exists, and on the wilderness, in which there is no one,
to/for to rain upon land: country/planet not man: anyone wilderness not man in/on/with him
27 to satisfy the devastated and desolate places, and to make the ground sprout with grass?
to/for to satisfy devastation and desolation and to/for to spring exit grass
28 Does the rain have a father, or, who fathers the drops of dew?
there to/for rain father or who? to beget drop dew
29 Out of whose womb did the ice come? Who bore the white frost out of the sky?
from belly: womb who? to come out: come [the] ice and frost heaven who? to beget him
30 The waters hide themselves and become like stone; the surface of the deep becomes frozen.
like/as stone water to hide and face: surface abyss to capture
31 Can you fasten chains on the Pleiades, or undo the cords of Orion?
to conspire bond Pleiades or cord Orion to open
32 Can you lead the constellations to appear at their proper times? Can you guide the Bear with its children?
to come out: send Mazzaroth in/on/with time his and Bear upon son: child her to lead them
33 Do you know the regulations of the sky? Could you set in place the sky's rule over the earth?
to know statute heaven if: surely no to set: make rule his in/on/with land: country/planet
34 Can you raise your voice up to the clouds, so that an abundance of rainwater may cover you?
to exalt to/for cloud voice your and abundance water to cover you
35 Can you send out bolts of lightning that they may go out, that they say to you, 'Here we are'?
to send: depart lightning and to go: went and to say to/for you look! we
36 Who has put wisdom in the clouds or has given understanding to the mists?
who? to set: put in/on/with inner parts wisdom or who? to give: give to/for heart understanding
37 Who can number the clouds by his skill? Who can pour out the water skins of the sky
who? to recount cloud in/on/with wisdom and bag heaven who? to lie down: lay down
38 when the dust runs into a hard mass and the clods of earth clump tightly together?
in/on/with to pour: pour dust to/for casting and clod to cleave
39 Can you hunt down a victim for a lioness or satisfy the appetite of her young lion cubs
to hunt to/for lion prey and living thing lion to fill
40 when they are crouching in their dens and sheltering in hiding to lie in wait?
for to bow in/on/with habitation to dwell in/on/with booth upon ambush
41 Who provides victims for the ravens when their young ones cry out to God and stagger about for lack of food?
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
