Thematic Bible
Job 38:1 (show verse)
Then the LORDanswered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Job 38:2 (show verse)
"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 38:3 (show verse)
Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
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Job 38:4 (show verse)
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Job 38:5 (show verse)
Who determined its measurements--surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
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Job 38:6 (show verse)
On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,
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Job 38:7 (show verse)
when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:8 (show verse)
"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,
Job 38:9 (show verse)
when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Job 38:10 (show verse)
and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,
Job 38:11 (show verse)
and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
Job 38:12 (show verse)
"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
Job 38:13 (show verse)
that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
Job 38:14 (show verse)
It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment.
Job 38:15 (show verse)
From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
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Job 38:16 (show verse)
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or 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 comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
Job 38:19 (show verse)
"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,
Job 38:20 (show verse)
that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
Job 38:21 (show verse)
You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
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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?
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Job 38:24 (show verse)
What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
Job 38:25 (show verse)
"Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt,
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Job 38:26 (show verse)
to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man,
Job 38:27 (show verse)
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?
Job 38:28 (show verse)
"Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
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Job 38:29 (show verse)
From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
Job 38:30 (show verse)
The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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Job 38:31 (show verse)
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?
Job 38:32 (show verse)
Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
Job 38:33 (show verse)
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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Job 38:34 (show verse)
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may 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 inward parts or given understanding to the mind?
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Job 38:37 (show verse)
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
Job 38:38 (show verse)
when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:39 (show verse)
"Can you 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 or lie in wait in their thicket?
Job 38:41 (show verse)
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?