New American Standard Bible 1995

International Standard Version

1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

1The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:

2"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

2"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about?

3"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

3Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"

4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,

4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed!

5Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?

5Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it?

6"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

6On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone

7When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

7while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully?

8"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

8"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,

9When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

9when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

10And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,

10when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it;

11And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop '?

11and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

12"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,

12"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

13where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

14"It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.

14Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth's hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment.

15"From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.

15Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken.

16"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

16"Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?

17"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?

18"Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

18Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all!

19"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,

19"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live?

20That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?

20Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house?

21"You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!

21You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!

22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored,

23Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?

23which I've reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war?

24"Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

24Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth?

25"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,

25"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder,

26To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,

26to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live,

27To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

27to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation?

28"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

28"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew?

29"From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

29Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky,

30"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

30when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?

31"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?

31"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion?

32"Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?

32Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

33"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?

33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?

34"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?

34"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you?

35"Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?

35Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, 'Look at us!'

36"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?

36"Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding?

37"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

37Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

38When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?

38when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods?

39"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

39"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions

40When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?

40when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs?

41"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?

41Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?"

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