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Gird up your loins">a</a></span> like a man!</p> <p class="poetry2">I’ll ask you some questions,</p> <p class="poetry2">and you give me some answers!”</p> <p class="heading">On the Natural World</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth?</p> <p class="poetry2">Tell me,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:4 Or declare">b</a></span> since you’re so informed!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who stretched a boundary line over it?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>On what were its bases set?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who laid its corner stone</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>while the morning stars sang together</p> <p class="poetry2">and all the divine beings<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:7 Lit. sons of God">c</a></span> shouted joyfully?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Who<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:8 Lit. and he">d</a></span> enclosed the sea with limits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:8 Lit. doors">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">when it gushed out of the womb,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>when I made clouds to be its clothes</p> <p class="poetry2">and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>when I proscribed a boundary for it,</p> <p class="poetry2">set in place bars and doors for it;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and said, ‘You may come only this far and no more.</p> <p class="poetry2">Your majestic waves will stop here.’?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:12 Lit. morning in your days">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Do you know where the dawn lives,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>where it seizes the edge of the earth</p> <p class="poetry2">and shakes the wicked out of it?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Like clay is molded by a signet ring,</p> <p class="poetry2">the earth’s hills and valleys<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:14 The Heb. lacks the earth’s hills and valleys">g</a></span> then stand out</p> <p class="poetry2">like the colors of a garment.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then from the wicked their light is withheld</p> <p class="poetry2">and their upraised arm is broken.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Have you been to the source of the sea</p> <p class="poetry2">and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Have the gates of death been revealed to you?</p> <p class="poetry2">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Do you understand the breadth of the earth?</p> <p class="poetry2">Tell me, since you know it all!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Where is the road to where the light lives?</p> <p class="poetry2">Or where does the darkness live?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Can you take it to its homeland,</p> <p class="poetry2">since you know the path to his house?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You should know! After all, you had been born back then,</p> <p class="poetry2">so the number of your days is great!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</p> <p class="poetry2">or seen where the hail is stored,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>which I’ve reserved for the tribulation to come,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the day of battle and war?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Where is the lightning diffused</p> <p class="poetry2">or the east wind scattered around the earth?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Who cuts canals for storm floods,</p> <p class="poetry2">and paths for the lightning and thunder,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants,</p> <p class="poetry2">a desert in which no human beings live,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">causing it to sprout vegetation?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Does the rain have a father?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who fathered the dew?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Whose womb brings forth the ice?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who gives birth to frost out of an empty<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:29 The Heb. lacks an empty">h</a></span> sky,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>when water solidifies<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:30 Or harden">i</a></span> like stone</p> <p class="poetry2">and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?</p> <p class="heading">On the Heavens</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Can you bind the chains of Pleiades</p> <p class="poetry2">or loosen the cords of Orion?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Can you bring out constellations in their season?</p> <p class="poetry2">Can you guide the Bear with her cubs?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Do you know the laws of the heavens?</p> <p class="poetry2">Can you regulate their authority over the earth?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Can you call out to the clouds,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that abundant water drenches you?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Can you command the lightning,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that it goes forth and calls to you, ‘Look at us!’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:35 Lit. Here we are">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“Who sets wisdom within you,</p> <p class="poetry2">or imbues your mind with understanding?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds,</p> <p class="poetry2">or to empty<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="38:37 Lit. cause to rest, lie down">k</a></span> the water jars of heaven,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>when dust dries into a mass</p> <p class="poetry2">and then breaks apart into clods?</p> <p class="heading">On the Animal World</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>“Can you hunt prey for the lioness</p> <p class="poetry2">to satisfy young lions</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>when they crouch in their dens</p> <p class="poetry2">and lie in ambush in their lairs?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Who prepares food for the raven,</p> <p class="poetry2">when its offspring cry out to God</p> <p class="poetry2">as they wander for lack of food?”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 38:3 Lit. <i>Gird up your loins</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 38:4 Or <i>declare</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 38:7 Lit. <i>sons of God</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 38:8 Lit. <i>and he</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 38:8 Lit. <i>doors</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 38:12 Lit. <i>morning in your days</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 38:14 The Heb. lacks <i>the earth’s hills and valleys</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 38:29 The Heb. lacks <i>an empty</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 38:30 Or <i>harden</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 38:35 Lit. <i>Here we are</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 38:37 Lit. <i>cause to rest</i>, <i>lie down</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 39" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/38-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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