Job 38:1-11

God Speaks Now to Job

1 Then the Lord ^aanswered Job from the whirlwind and said,

2 “Who is this who ^bdarkens the divine plan
By words without knowledge?
3 “Now ^{▼▼I.e., as if for battle
,} ^dtighten the belt on your waist like a man,
And ^eI shall ask you, and you inform Me!
4 “Where were you ^fwhen I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you ^{▼▼Lit know understanding}have understanding,
5 Who set its ^hmeasurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the measuring line over it?
6 “On what ⁱwere its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
7 When the morning stars sang together
And all the ^jsons of God shouted for joy?

8 “Or who ^kenclosed the sea with doors
When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;
9 When I made a cloud its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling bands,
10 And I ^{▼▼Lit broke My decree on it
,} ^mplaced boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
11 And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?