Job 38:1-6
Christian Standard Bible
The Lord Speaks
38 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind.(A) He said:
2 Who is this who obscures my counsel
with ignorant words?(B)
3 Get ready to answer me like a man;
when I question(C) you, you will inform me.
4 Where were you when I established(D) the earth?
Tell me, if you have[a] understanding.
5 Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 What supports its foundations?
Or who laid its cornerstone
Footnotes
- 38:4 Lit know
Job 38:33-41
Christian Standard Bible
33 Do you know the laws(A) of heaven?
Can you impose its[a] authority on earth?
34 Can you command[b] the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?(B)
35 Can you send out lightning(C) bolts, and they go?
Do they report to you, “Here we are”?
36 Who put wisdom(D) in the heart[c]
or gave the mind understanding?
37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
38 when the dust hardens like cast metal
and the clods of dirt stick together?
39 Can you hunt prey for a lioness
or satisfy the appetite of young lions(E)
40 when they crouch in their dens
and lie in wait within their lairs?
41 Who provides the raven’s food(F)
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?
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