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
International Standard Version
On the Natural World
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth?
Tell me,[a] since you’re so informed!
5 Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know?
Who stretched a boundary line over it?
6 On what were its bases set?
Who laid its corner stone
7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the divine beings[b] shouted joyfully?
8 “Who[c] enclosed the sea with limits[d]
when it gushed out of the womb,
9 when I made clouds to be its clothes
and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,
10 when I proscribed a boundary for it,
set in place bars and doors for it;
11 and said, ‘You may come only this far and no more.
Your majestic waves will stop here.’?
12 “Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life?[e]
Do you know where the dawn lives,
13 where it seizes the edge of the earth
and shakes the wicked out of it?
14 Like clay is molded by a signet ring,
the earth’s hills and valleys[f] then stand out
like the colors of a garment.
15 Then from the wicked their light is withheld
and their upraised arm is broken.
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