Job, starting at chapter 37
{37:1} "Yes, at this my heart trembles,
and is moved out of its place.
{37:2} Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice,
the sound that goes out of his mouth.
{37:3} He sends it forth under the whole sky,
and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
{37:4} After it a voice roars.
He thunders with the voice of his majesty.
He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
{37:5} God thunders marvelously with his voice.
He does great things, which we can't comprehend.
{37:6} For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;'
likewise to the shower of rain,
and to the showers of his mighty rain.
{37:7} He seals up the hand of every man,
that all men whom he has made may know it.
{37:8} Then the animals take cover,
and remain in their dens.
{37:9} Out of its chamber comes the storm,
and cold out of the north.
{37:10} By the breath of God, ice is given,
and the breadth of the waters is frozen.
{37:11} Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture.
He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
{37:12} It is turned around by his guidance,
that they may do whatever he commands them
on the surface of the habitable world,
{37:13} Whether it is for correction, or for his land,
or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.
{37:14} "Listen to this, Job.
Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
{37:15} Do you know how God controls them,
and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
{37:16} Do you know the workings of the clouds,
the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
{37:17} You whose clothing is warm,
when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
{37:18} Can you, with him, spread out the sky,
which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
{37:19} Teach us what we shall tell him,
for we can't make our case by reason of darkness.
{37:20} Shall it be told him that I would speak?
Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
{37:21} Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies,
but the wind passes, and clears them.
{37:22} Out of the north comes golden splendor.
With God is awesome majesty.
{37:23} We can't reach the Almighty.
He is exalted in power.
In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
{37:24} Therefore men revere him.
He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
{38:1} Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
{38:2} "Who is this who darkens counsel
by words without knowledge?
{38:3} Brace yourself like a man,
for I will question you, then you answer me!
{38:4} "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if you have understanding.
{38:5} Who determined its measures, if you know?
Or who stretched the line on it?
{38:6} Whereupon were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
{38:7} when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
{38:8} "Or who shut up the sea with doors,
when it broke forth from the womb,
{38:9} when I made clouds its garment,
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
{38:10} marked out for it my bound,
set bars and doors,
{38:11} and said, 'Here you may come, but no further.
Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'
{38:12} "Have you commanded the morning in your days,
and caused the dawn to know its place;
{38:13} that it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
and shake the wicked out of it?
{38:14} It is changed as clay under the seal,
and stands forth as a garment.
{38:15} From the wicked, their light is withheld.
The high arm is broken.
{38:16} "Have you entered into the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
{38:17} Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
{38:18} Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth?
Declare, if you know it all.
{38:19} "What is the way to the dwelling of light?
As for darkness, where is its place,
{38:20} that you should take it to its bound,
that you should discern the paths to its house?
{38:21} Surely you know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
{38:22} Have you entered the treasuries of the snow,
or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
{38:23} which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
against the day of battle and war?
{38:24} By what way is the lightning distributed,
or the east wind scattered on the earth?
{38:25} Who has cut a channel for the flood water,
or the path for the thunderstorm;
{38:26} To cause it to rain on a land where no man is;
on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
{38:27} to satisfy the waste and desolate ground,
to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
{38:28} Does the rain have a father?
Or who fathers the drops of dew?
{38:29} Out of whose womb came the ice?
The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
{38:30} The waters become hard like stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen.
{38:31} "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
or loosen the cords of Orion?
{38:32} Can you lead forth the constellations in their season?
Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
{38:33} Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
{38:34} "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That abundance of waters may cover you?
{38:35} Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go?
Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
{38:36} Who has put wisdom in the inward parts?
Or who has given understanding to the mind?
{38:37} Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
{38:38} when the dust runs into a mass,
and the clods of earth stick together?
{38:39} "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
{38:40} when they crouch in their dens,
and lie in wait in the thicket?
{38:41} Who provides for the raven his prey,
when his young ones cry to God,
and wander for lack of food?
{39:1} "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
{39:2} Can you number the months that they fulfill?
Or do you know the time when they give birth?
{39:3} They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,
they end their labor pains.
{39:4} Their young ones become strong.
They grow up in the open field.
They go forth, and don't return again.
{39:5} "Who has set the wild donkey free?
Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
{39:6} Whose home I have made the wilderness,
and the salt land his dwelling place?
{39:7} He scorns the tumult of the city,
neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
{39:8} The range of the mountains is his pasture,
He searches after every green thing.
{39:9} "Will the wild ox be content to serve you?
Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
{39:10} Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness?
Or will he till the valleys after you?
{39:11} Will you trust him, because his strength is great?
Or will you leave to him your labor?
{39:12} Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed,
and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
{39:13} "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;
but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
{39:14} For she leaves her eggs on the earth,
warms them in the dust,
{39:15} and forgets that the foot may crush them,
or that the wild animal may trample them.
{39:16} She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not
hers.
Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
{39:17} because God has deprived her of wisdom,
neither has he imparted to her understanding.
{39:18} When she lifts up herself on high,
she scorns the horse and his rider.
{39:19} "Have you given the horse might?
Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
{39:20} Have you made him to leap as a locust?
The glory of his snorting is awesome.
{39:21} He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength.
He goes out to meet the armed men.
{39:22} He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed,
neither does he turn back from the sword.
{39:23} The quiver rattles against him,
the flashing spear and the javelin.
{39:24} He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage,
neither does he stand still at the sound of the [1>]shofar[<1].
{39:25} As often as the [2>]shofar[<2] sounds he snorts, 'Aha!'
He smells the battle afar off,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
{39:26} "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars,
and stretches her wings toward the south?
{39:27} Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up,
and makes his nest on high?
{39:28} On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home,
on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
{39:29} From there he spies out the prey.
His eyes see it afar off.
{39:30} His young ones also suck up blood.
Where the slain are, there he is."
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Footnotes:
[1] {39:24} or, trumpet
[2] {39:25} or, trumpet
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