< Job 38 >

1 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) ([the] tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
2 Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
who? this to darken counsel in/on/with speech without knowledge
3 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
to gird please like/as great man loin your and to ask you and to know me
4 Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
where? to be in/on/with to found I land: country/planet to tell if to know understanding
5 Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
who? to set: make measurement her for to know or who? to stretch upon her line
6 On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
upon what? socket her to sink or who? to shoot stone corner her
7 In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,
in/on/with to sing unitedness star morning and to shout all son: child God
8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.
and to fence in/on/with door sea in/on/with to burst/come out he from womb to come out: produce
9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
in/on/with to set: make I cloud clothing his and cloud swaddling his
10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,
and to break upon him statute: allotment my and to set: make bar and door
11 And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
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 Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
from day your to command morning (to know [the] dawn *Q(K)*) place his
13 To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
to/for to grasp in/on/with wing [the] land: country/planet and to shake wicked from her
14 It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
to overturn like/as homer signet and to stand like clothing
15 And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
and to withhold from wicked light their and arm to exalt to break
16 Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
to come (in): come till spring sea and in/on/with search abyss to go: walk
17 Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
to reveal: reveal to/for you gate death and gate shadow to see: see
18 Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare — if thou hast known it all.
to understand till breadth land: country/planet to tell if to know all her
19 Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?
where? this [the] way: direction to dwell light and darkness where? this place his
20 That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.
for to take: take him to(wards) border: area his and for to understand path house: home his
21 Thou hast known — for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!
to know for then to beget and number day your many
22 Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?
to come (in): come to(wards) treasure snow and treasure hail to see: see
23 That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.
which to withhold to/for time distress to/for day battle and battle
24 Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.
where? this [the] way: direction to divide light to scatter east upon land: country/planet
25 Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
who? to divide to/for flood conduit and way: road to/for lightning voice: thunder
26 To cause [it] to rain on a land — no man, A wilderness — no man in it.
to/for to rain upon land: country/planet not man: anyone wilderness not man in/on/with him
27 To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
to/for to satisfy devastation and desolation and to/for to spring exit grass
28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
there to/for rain father or who? to beget drop dew
29 From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
from belly: womb who? to come out: come [the] ice and frost heaven who? to beget him
30 As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.
like/as stone water to hide and face: surface abyss to capture
31 Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
to conspire bond Pleiades or cord Orion to open
32 Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?
to come out: send Mazzaroth in/on/with time his and Bear upon son: child her to lead them
33 Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
to know statute heaven if: surely no to set: make rule his in/on/with land: country/planet
34 Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
to exalt to/for cloud voice your and abundance water to cover you
35 Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'
to send: depart lightning and to go: went and to say to/for you look! we
36 Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?
who? to set: put in/on/with inner parts wisdom or who? to give: give to/for heart understanding
37 Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
who? to recount cloud in/on/with wisdom and bag heaven who? to lie down: lay down
38 In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
in/on/with to pour: pour dust to/for casting and clod to cleave
39 Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?
to hunt to/for lion prey and living thing lion to fill
40 When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?
for to bow in/on/with habitation to dwell in/on/with booth upon ambush
41 Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without 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

< Job 38 >