Job 38:4-15
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Where were you (A)when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know understanding,
5 Who set its (B)measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on 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, bursting forth, it went out from the womb,
9 When I made a cloud its garment
And dense gloom its swaddling band,
10 And I [a](F)placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
11 And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?
Yahweh Answers Job, “Have You?”
12 “Have you [b]ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
13 That it might seize (G)the ends of the earth,
And (H)the wicked be shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like clothing.
15 (I)From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the arm (J)raised high is broken.
Job 38:4-15
English Standard Version
4 “Where were you when I (A)laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars (B)sang together
and all (C)the sons of God (D)shouted for joy?
8 “Or who (E)shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
9 when I made clouds its garment
and (F)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (G)limits for it
and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your (H)proud waves be stayed’?
12 “Have you (I)commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of (J)the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be (K)shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
15 From the wicked their (L)light is withheld,
and (M)their uplifted arm is broken.
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