Thematic Bible
Job 38:1 (show verse)
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
Job 38:2 (show verse)
"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 38:3 (show verse)
Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:4 (show verse)
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
Job 38:5 (show verse)
Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:6 (show verse)
Whereupon 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 shouted for joy?
Job 38:8 (show verse)
"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,
Job 38:9 (show verse)
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
Job 38:10 (show verse)
marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
Job 38:11 (show verse)
and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'
Job 38:12 (show verse)
"Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;
Job 38:13 (show verse)
that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
Job 38:14 (show verse)
It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.
Job 38:15 (show verse)
From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:16 (show verse)
"Have you entered into 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 the shadow of death?
Job 38:18 (show verse)
Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.
Job 38:19 (show verse)
"What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
Job 38:20 (show verse)
that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
Job 38:21 (show verse)
Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:22 (show verse)
Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
Job 38:23 (show verse)
which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:24 (show verse)
By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
Job 38:25 (show verse)
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:26 (show verse)
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
Job 38:27 (show verse)
to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Job 38:28 (show verse)
Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:29 (show verse)
Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
Job 38:30 (show verse)
The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:31 (show verse)
"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
Job 38:32 (show verse)
Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
Job 38:33 (show verse)
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:34 (show verse)
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
Job 38:35 (show verse)
Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
Job 38:36 (show verse)
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:37 (show verse)
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
Job 38:38 (show verse)
when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 38:39 (show verse)
"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Job 38:40 (show verse)
when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
Job 38:41 (show verse)
Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?