Job 38

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, ‡ Job 40:61Ki 19:112Ki 2:11Exo 19:16-19Job 37:1-22Ki 2:1Deu 4:11-12Ezk 1:4 +42 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? ‡ Job 42:3Job 35:161Ti 1:7Job 34:35Job 27:11Job 12:3Job 23:4-5Job 24:25 +13 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. ¹ ‡ Job 40:7Exo 12:11Jer 1:171Ki 18:461Pe 1:13Job 13:15Job 13:22Job 23:3-7 +1

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. ² ‡ Psa 104:5Heb 1:10Pro 30:4Heb 1:2Gen 1:1Psa 102:25Pro 8:22Pro 8:29-30 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? ‡ Isa 40:12Job 11:9Zec 2:1-22Co 10:16Isa 34:11Isa 40:22Job 28:25Pro 8:27 +36 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; ^{3 4} ‡ Job 26:7Psa 104:5Psa 93:12Pe 3:5Isa 28:16Psa 118:22Zec 12:1Eph 2:20-21 +47 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? ‡ Rev 5:11Job 1:6Ezr 3:11-12Rev 22:16Job 2:1Psa 104:4Rev 2:28Zec 4:7 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? ‡ Gen 1:9Jer 5:22Pro 8:29Psa 104:8-9Psa 33:7Job 38:10 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, ‡ Gen 1:2 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, ⁵ ‡ Jer 5:22Psa 104:9Job 26:10Psa 33:7Gen 1:9-10Gen 9:15 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? ⁶ ‡ Psa 89:9Pro 8:29Mrk 4:39-41Psa 65:6-7Luk 8:32-33Isa 27:8Job 2:6Psa 93:3-4 +4

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; ‡ Psa 74:16Gen 1:5Psa 148:3-5Job 8:92Pe 1:19Luk 1:78Psa 136:7-8Job 15:7 +213 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ⁷ ‡ Job 37:3Psa 104:35Exo 14:27Job 24:13-17Psa 104:21-22Psa 139:9-12Psa 19:4-6 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. ‡ Psa 104:6Psa 104:2 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. ‡ Psa 10:15Job 18:5Psa 37:17Pro 4:19Exo 10:21-23Ezk 30:22Job 18:18Job 5:14 +416 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? ‡ Pro 8:24Job 26:5-6Psa 77:19Jer 51:36 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? ‡ Psa 9:13Psa 107:18Job 3:5Job 12:22Psa 107:10Psa 107:14Psa 23:4Amo 5:8 +218 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. ‡ Jer 31:37Psa 89:11-12Rev 20:9Isa 40:28Job 28:24Psa 74:17 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, ‡ Ezk 32:8Amo 4:13Deu 4:19Gen 1:14-18Gen 1:3-4Isa 45:7Job 38:12-13Mat 27:45 +620 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? ⁸ ‡ Gen 10:19Gen 23:17Job 26:10 21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? ‡ Job 15:7Job 38:12Job 38:4 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, ‡ Job 37:6Psa 135:7Job 6:16Psa 33:7 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? ‡ Jos 10:11Isa 30:30Exo 9:18Ezk 13:11-13Job 36:13Rev 16:21Exo 9:24Job 36:31 +124 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? ‡ Job 38:12-13Jon 4:8Mat 24:27

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; ‡ Job 28:26Psa 29:3-10Job 36:27-28Job 37:3-6 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; ‡ Jer 14:22Heb 6:7-8Psa 107:35Isa 35:1-2Isa 43:19-20Job 36:27Psa 104:10-14Psa 147:8-9 +127 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? ‡ Psa 107:35Psa 104:14 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? ‡ Jer 14:22Psa 147:8Jer 10:13Pro 3:201Ki 17:11Sa 12:17-182Sa 1:21Amo 4:7 +1229 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? ‡ Psa 147:16-17Job 37:10Job 38:8Job 6:16 30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. ⁹ ‡ Job 37:10 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? ^{10 11} ‡ Amo 5:8Job 9:9 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? ^{12 13} ‡ Job 38:312Ki 23:5Job 9:9 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? ‡ Jer 31:35-36Gen 8:22Gen 1:16Jer 33:25Job 38:12-13Psa 148:6Psa 119:90-91 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? ‡ Job 22:111Sa 12:18Amo 5:8Jas 5:18Job 36:27-28Zec 10:1 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? ¹⁴ ‡ Job 36:32Job 37:31Sa 22:122Ki 1:102Ki 1:14Exo 9:23-25Exo 9:29Isa 6:8 +536 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? ‡ Job 32:8Psa 51:6Ecc 2:26Pro 2:6Jas 1:5Exo 31:3Job 9:4Jas 1:17 +237 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, ¹⁵ ‡ Psa 147:4Gen 15:5Gen 8:1Gen 9:15 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? ¹⁶ 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, ¹⁷ ‡ Psa 104:21Job 4:10-11Psa 145:15-16Psa 34:10 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? ‡ Job 37:8Gen 49:9Num 23:24Num 24:9 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. ‡ Luk 12:24Mat 6:26Psa 147:9Psa 104:27-28