Thematic Bible
Job 38:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Job 38:2 (show verse)
“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom]
By words without knowledge?
Job 38:3 (show verse)
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:4 (show verse)
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
Job 38:5 (show verse)
“Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?
Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:6 (show verse)
“On what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:7 (show verse)
When the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God (angels) shouted for joy?
Job 38:8 (show verse)
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
Job 38:9 (show verse)
When I made the clouds its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Job 38:10 (show verse)
And marked for it My [appointed] boundary
And set bars and doors [defining the shorelines],
Job 38:11 (show verse)
And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?
Job 38:12 (show verse)
“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
Job 38:13 (show verse)
So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth
And shake the wickedness out of it?
Job 38:14 (show verse)
“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.
Job 38:15 (show verse)
“Their light is withheld from the wicked,
And the uplifted arm is broken.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:16 (show verse)
“Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea
Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?
Job 38:17 (show verse)
“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Job 38:18 (show verse)
“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.
Job 38:19 (show verse)
“Where is the
And as for darkness, where is its place,
Job 38:20 (show verse)
That you may take it to its territory
And that you may know the paths to its house?
Job 38:21 (show verse)
“You [must] know, since you were born then,
And
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:22 (show verse)
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Job 38:23 (show verse)
Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
For the day of battle and war?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:24 (show verse)
“Where is the way that the light is distributed,
Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
Job 38:25 (show verse)
“Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood,
Or a path for the thunderbolt,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:26 (show verse)
To bring rain on the uninhabited land,
And on the desert where no man lives,
Job 38:27 (show verse)
To satisfy the barren and desolate ground
And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
Job 38:28 (show verse)
“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:29 (show verse)
“Out of whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
Job 38:30 (show verse)
“Water becomes like stone [and hides itself],
And the surface of the deep is frozen and imprisoned.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:31 (show verse)
“Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?
Job 38:32 (show verse)
“Can you lead forth a
And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her
Job 38:33 (show verse)
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:34 (show verse)
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?
Job 38:35 (show verse)
“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
Job 38:36 (show verse)
“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds]
Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:37 (show verse)
“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,
Job 38:38 (show verse)
When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together [because of the heat]?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:39 (show verse)
“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
Job 38:40 (show verse)
When they crouch in their dens
And lie in wait in their lair?
Job 38:41 (show verse)
“Who provides prey for the raven
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?