1898 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Job 38

1 God challengeth Job to answer. 4 God, by his mighty works, convinceth Job of ignorance, 31 and of imbecility.

 38:1 ¶ And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith:—

 38:2 Who [is] this—darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

 38:3 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

 38:4 Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

 38:5 Who placed its measures—if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

 38:6 On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

 38:7 In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

 38:8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

 38:9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

 38:10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

 38:11 And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

 38:12 Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

 38:13 To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

 38:14 It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

 38:15 And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

 38:16 Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

 38:17 Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

 38:18 Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare—if thou hast known it all.

 38:19 Where [is] this—the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?

 38:20 That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

 38:21 Thou hast known—for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!

 38:22 Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

 38:23 That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

 38:24 Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

 38:25 Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

 38:26 To cause [it] to rain on a land—no man, A wilderness—no man in it.

 38:27 To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

 38:28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

 38:29 From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

 38:30 As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

 38:31 Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

 38:32 Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

 38:33 Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

 38:34 Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

 38:35 Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'

 38:36 Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

 38:37 Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

 38:38 In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

 38:39 Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

 38:40 When they bow down in dens—Abide in a thicket for a covert?

 38:41 Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.