| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: | 1The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said: |
| 2"Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge? | 2"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about? |
| 3Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform 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 possess understanding! | 4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed! |
| 5Who set its measurements--if you know--or who stretched a measuring line across it? | 5Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it? |
| 6On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone-- | 6On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone |
| 7when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? | 7while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully? |
| 8"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, | 8"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb, |
| 9when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, | 9when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket, |
| 10when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, | 10when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it; |
| 11when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'? | 11and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'? |
| 12Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn 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 seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? | 13where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it? |
| 14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed 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. |
| 15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken. | 15Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken. |
| 16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about 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? |
| 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness? | 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? |
| 18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all! | 18Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all! |
| 19"In what direction does light reside, 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 them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes? | 20Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house? |
| 21You know, for you were born before them; 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! |
| 22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, | 22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored, |
| 23which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle? | 23which I've reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war? |
| 24In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth? | 24Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth? |
| 25Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder, | 25"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder, |
| 26to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings, | 26to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live, |
| 27to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? | 27to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation? |
| 28Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew? | 28"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew? |
| 29From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it, | 29Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky, |
| 30when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid? | 30when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes? |
| 31Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion? | 31"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion? |
| 32Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs? | 32Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs? |
| 33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth? | 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth? |
| 34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? | 34"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you? |
| 35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'? | 35Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, 'Look at us!' |
| 36Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind? | 36"Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding? |
| 37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven, | 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 clumps of earth stick together? | 38when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods? |
| 39"Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions, | 39"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions |
| 40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket? | 40when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs? |
| 41Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of 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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