| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said: | 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, |
| 2"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about? | 2"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? |
| 3Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!" | 3"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! |
| 4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed! | 4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, |
| 5Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it? | 5Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? |
| 6On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone | 6"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, |
| 7while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully? | 7When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
| 8"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb, | 8"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; |
| 9when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket, | 9When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band, |
| 10when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it; | 10And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors, |
| 11and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'? | 11And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop '? |
| 12"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives, | 12"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, |
| 13where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it? | 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? |
| 14Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth's hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment. | 14"It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment. |
| 15Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken. | 15"From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken. |
| 16"Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean? | 16"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep? |
| 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? | 17"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? |
| 18Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all! | 18"Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. |
| 19"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live? | 19"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, |
| 20Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house? | 20That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home? |
| 21You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great! | 21"You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! |
| 22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored, | 22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, |
| 23which I've reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war? | 23Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle? |
| 24Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth? | 24"Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? |
| 25"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder, | 25"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt, |
| 26to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live, | 26To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it, |
| 27to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation? | 27To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout? |
| 28"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew? | 28"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? |
| 29Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky, | 29"From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth? |
| 30when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes? | 30"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. |
| 31"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion? | 31"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion? |
| 32Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs? | 32"Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites? |
| 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth? | 33"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? |
| 34"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you? | 34"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? |
| 35Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, 'Look at us!' | 35"Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'? |
| 36"Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding? | 36"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind? |
| 37Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven, | 37"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, |
| 38when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods? | 38When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? |
| 39"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions | 39"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
| 40when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs? | 40When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair? |
| 41Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?" | 41"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food? |
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