Job 38:4-15
Christian Standard Bible
4 Where were you when I established(A) 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
7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God(B) shouted for joy?
8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors
when it burst from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and total darkness its blanket,[b](C)
10 when I determined its boundaries[c]
and put its bars and doors in place,
11 when I declared, “You may come this far, but no farther;
your proud waves stop here”?
12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
or assigned the dawn its place,
13 so it may seize the edges of the earth
and shake the wicked out of it?
14 The earth is changed as clay is by a seal;
its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
15 Light[d] is withheld from the wicked,
and the arm raised in violence is broken.
Job 38:4-15
New American Standard Bible
4 Where were you (A)when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you [a]have understanding,
5 Who set its (B)measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the measuring line over it?
6 On what (C)were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
7 When the morning stars sang together
And all the (D)sons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Or who (E)enclosed the sea with doors
When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;
9 When I made a cloud its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling bands,
10 And I [b](F)placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
11 And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?
God’s Mighty Power
12 “Have you [c]ever in your life commanded the morning,
And made the dawn know its place,
13 So that it would take hold of (G)the ends of the earth,
And (H)the wicked would be shaken off from it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand out like a garment.
15 (I)Their light is withheld from the wicked,
And the (J)uplifted arm is broken.
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