King James Version · full chapter
Job 38
41 verses · King James Version
- 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,Compare translations of Job 38:1
- 2Who this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?Compare translations of Job 38:2
- 3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.Compare translations of Job 38:3
- 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Compare translations of Job 38:4
- 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?Compare translations of Job 38:5
- 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;Compare translations of Job 38:6
- 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?Compare translations of Job 38:7
- 8Or shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, it had issued out of the womb?Compare translations of Job 38:8
- 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,Compare translations of Job 38:9
- 10And brake up for it my decreed and set bars and doors,Compare translations of Job 38:10
- 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?Compare translations of Job 38:11
- 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; caused the dayspring to know his place;Compare translations of Job 38:12
- 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?Compare translations of Job 38:13
- 14It is turned as clay the seal; and they stand as a garment.Compare translations of Job 38:14
- 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.Compare translations of Job 38:15
- 16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?Compare translations of Job 38:16
- 17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?Compare translations of Job 38:17
- 18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.Compare translations of Job 38:18
- 19Where the way light dwelleth? and darkness, where the place thereof,Compare translations of Job 38:19
- 20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths the house thereof?Compare translations of Job 38:20
- 21Knowest thou because thou wast then born? or the number of thy days great?Compare translations of Job 38:21
- 22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,Compare translations of Job 38:22
- 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?Compare translations of Job 38:23
- 24By what way is the light parted, scattereth the east wind upon the earth?Compare translations of Job 38:24
- 25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;Compare translations of Job 38:25
- 26To cause it to rain on the earth, no man the wilderness, wherein no man;Compare translations of Job 38:26
- 27To satisfy the desolate and waste and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?Compare translations of Job 38:27
- 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?Compare translations of Job 38:28
- 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?Compare translations of Job 38:29
- 30The waters are hid as a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.Compare translations of Job 38:30
- 31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Compare translations of Job 38:31
- 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?Compare translations of Job 38:32
- 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?Compare translations of Job 38:33
- 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?Compare translations of Job 38:34
- 35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here weCompare translations of Job 38:35
- 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?Compare translations of Job 38:36
- 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,Compare translations of Job 38:37
- 38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?Compare translations of Job 38:38
- 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Compare translations of Job 38:39
- 40When they couch in dens, abide in the covert to lie in wait?Compare translations of Job 38:40
- 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Compare translations of Job 38:41