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." ________________________________________________________________________ Footnotes: [1] {39:24} or, trumpet [2] {39:25} or, trumpet ___ This Bible reading mailing list and web site are paid for by donations marked "HNV project" and payable to: Rainbow Missions PO BOX 275 MESA CO 81643-0275 To cancel your free email subscription, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe hnv in the body of the message OR go to http://ebible.org/subscribe.htm