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Job 38
Revised Geneva Translation
Job 38
Revised Geneva Translation
38 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 “Now gird up your loins, like a man. I will demand of you, and you declare to Me.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
5 “Who has laid its measures, if you know. Or who has stretched the line over it.
6 “Upon what are its foundations set. Or who laid its cornerstone
7 “when the stars of the morning praised together, and all the children of God rejoiced?
8 “Or who has shut up the sea with doors, when it issued and came forth as out of the womb,
9 “when I made the clouds as its covering, and darkness as its swaddling bands,
10 “when I established My Commandment upon it, and set bars and doors,
11 “and said, ‘To here shall you come, but no further. And here shall it stop your proud waves’?
12 “Have you ever commanded the morning in all your life? Have you caused the morning to know its place,
13 “so that it might take hold of the corners of the Earth, and so that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 “It is turned, as clay under a seal. And all stand up as a garment.
15 “And their light shall be withheld from the wicked, and the raised arm shall be broken.
16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked to seek out the depths?
17 “Have the gates of death been opened to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 “Have you perceived the breadth of the Earth? Tell if you know all this.
19 “Where is the way where light dwells? And where is the place of darkness,
20 “so that you should receive it in its bounds, and so that you should know the paths to its house?
21 “Did you know it because you were alive then, and the number of your days is great?
22 “Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? Or have you seen the treasures of the hail
23 “which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
24 “By what way is the light parted which scatters the East wind upon the Earth?
25 “Who has divided the spouts for the rain, or the way for the lightning of the thunders,
26 “to cause it to rain on the Earth where no man is, and in the wilderness where there is no man,
27 “to satisfy the wild and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herb to spring forth?
28 “Who is the father of the rain? Or who has begotten the drops of the dew?
29 “Out of whose womb came the ice? Who has borne the frost of the heaven?
30 “The waters are hidden as a stone, and the face of the depth is frozen.
31 “Can you restrain the sweet influences of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 “Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in their time? Can you also guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 “Do you know the course of heaven, or can you set its rule on the Earth?
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that the abundance of water may cover you?
35 “Can you send the lightning so that it may walk, and say to you, ‘Lo, here we are’?
36 “Who has put wisdom in the core? Or who has given the heart understanding?
37 “Who can number clouds by wisdom? Or who can cause the bottles of heaven to cease
38 “when the Earth grows into hardness, and the clots hold together?”
Job 38
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Job 38
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Herren svarar Job (Kap 38-39:35)
38 (A) Herren svarade Job ur stormvinden. Han sade:
2 Vem är den som fördunklar mitt råd
med ord utan förstånd?
3 (B) Spänn bältet om livet som en man.
Jag ska fråga dig,
och du ska ge mig besked.
4 (C) Var var du
när jag lade jordens grund?
Svara, om du vet och förstår.
5 (D) Vem bestämde dess mått?
Du vet ju!
Och vem spände mätsnöret
över den?
6 Var fick dess grundpelare fäste?
Vem lade dess hörnsten,
7 medan morgonstjärnorna
sjöng tillsammans
och alla Guds söner ropade
av glädje?
8 (E) Vem satte dörrar för havet
när det bröt fram ur moderlivet,
9 när jag gav det moln till kläder
och dimman till linda,
10 (F) när jag bestämde dess gräns
och satte bom och dörrar
11 och sade: ”Hit men inte längre,
här ska dina stolta vågor
lägga sig”?
12 Har du under dina dagar
befallt dagen att gry
och visat gryningen dess plats
13 där den kan gripa jorden i dess hörn
så att de gudlösa skakas bort
från den?
14 Då ändrar jorden form
som leran under sigillet,
och allt träder fram som i ny dräkt.
15 (G) Då mister de gudlösa sitt ljus,
och den höjda armen bryts av.
16 Har du stigit ner till havets källor
och vandrat på djupets botten?
17 Har dödens portar visat sig för dig,
har du sett dödsskuggans portar?
18 Har du sett ut över[a] jordens vidder?
Berätta, om du förstår allt detta.
19 Var går vägen dit där ljuset bor,
och var har mörkret sin boning,
20 så att du kan föra det till dess gräns
och finna stigarna till dess hus?
21 Du vet det, du var ju född då,
och dina dagars tal är stort!
22 Har du varit vid snöns förråd,
har du sett haglets förråd
23 som jag sparar till nödens tid,
till krigets och drabbningens dag?
24 (H) Var går vägen dit där ljuset[b] delar sig,
där östanvinden breder ut sig
över jorden?
25 (I) Vem öppnar rännor för regnflödet
och banar väg för åskans blixt,
26 för att sända regn
över folktomma trakter,
öknar där ingen människa finns,
27 (J) för att mätta ödsliga ödemarker
och ge växt åt gräsets brodd?
28 (K) Har regnet någon far?
Vem födde daggens droppar?
29 (L) Från vilket sköte kom isen?
Och vem födde himlens rimfrost?
30 Vattnet blir hårt som sten,
djupets yta fryser till is.
31 (M) Kan du knyta samman
Sjustjärnornas knippe
eller lossa Orions band?
32 Kan du föra fram himlens tecken
i rätt tid
och leda Björnen[c] och dess ungar?
33 Förstår du himlens lagar,
ordnar du dess välde över jorden?
34 Kan du höja din röst till molnen
och få vattenflöden att täcka dig?
35 Kan du sända ut blixtarna
så att de går ut
och säger till dig: ”Här är vi”?
36 Vem har lagt vishet i det fördolda,
och vem gav förstånd
åt luftens tecken?[d]
37 Vem har vishet att räkna skyarna?
Och vem tömmer ut
himlens vattenkärl
38 när myllan är hård och fast
och jordkokorna klibbat samman?
Job 38
King James Version
Job 38
King James Version
38 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Job 38
New International Version
Job 38
New International Version
The Lord Speaks
38 Then the Lord spoke to Job(A) out of the storm.(B) He said:
2 “Who is this that obscures my plans(C)
with words without knowledge?(D)
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.(E)
4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(F)
Tell me, if you understand.(G)
5 Who marked off its dimensions?(H) Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line(I) across it?
6 On what were its footings set,(J)
or who laid its cornerstone(K)—
7 while the morning stars(L) sang together(M)
and all the angels[a](N) shouted for joy?(O)
8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors(P)
when it burst forth from the womb,(Q)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,(R)
10 when I fixed limits for it(S)
and set its doors and bars in place,(T)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(U)
here is where your proud waves halt’?(V)
12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,(W)
or shown the dawn its place,(X)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked(Y) out of it?(Z)
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;(AA)
its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 The wicked are denied their light,(AB)
and their upraised arm is broken.(AC)
16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?(AD)
17 Have the gates of death(AE) been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?(AF)
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?(AG)
Tell me, if you know all this.(AH)
19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?(AI)
20 Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths(AJ) to their dwellings?
21 Surely you know, for you were already born!(AK)
You have lived so many years!
22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(AL)
or seen the storehouses(AM) of the hail,(AN)
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,(AO)
for days of war and battle?(AP)
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,(AQ)
or the place where the east winds(AR) are scattered over the earth?(AS)
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,(AT)
26 to water(AU) a land where no one lives,
an uninhabited desert,(AV)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?(AW)
28 Does the rain have a father?(AX)
Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens(AY)
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?(AZ)
31 “Can you bind the chains[b] of the Pleiades?
Can you loosen Orion’s belt?(BA)
32 Can you bring forth the constellations(BB) in their seasons[c]
or lead out the Bear[d] with its cubs?(BC)
33 Do you know the laws(BD) of the heavens?(BE)
Can you set up God’s[e] dominion over the earth?
34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?(BF)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(BG)
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[f](BH)
or gives the rooster understanding?[g](BI)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars(BJ) of the heavens(BK)
38 when the dust becomes hard(BL)
and the clods of earth stick together?(BM)
Footnotes
- Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God
- Job 38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty
- Job 38:32 Or the morning star in its season
- Job 38:32 Or out Leo
- Job 38:33 Or their
- Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
- Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
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