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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><link rel="canonical" href="https://bibleapps.com/dbt/job/38.htm"><title>Job 38 DBT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../bible.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/38.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="112" scrolling="no" src="../top.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav1/job/38.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav2/job/38-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../../menu.htm" width="100%" height="50" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/37.htm" title="Job 37">◄</a> Job 38 <a href="../job/39.htm" title="Job 39">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">Darby Bible Translation</tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">God Challenges Job</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/38-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Darby Bible Translation<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://bereanbible.com/">Berean Study Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://bibleapps.com">BibleApps.com</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="../../botmenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>