Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
the
LORD
answered
Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
And
Jehovah
answereth
Job out of the whirlwind, and saith:
--
Who is this that
darkeneth
counsel by words without knowledge?
Who `
is '
this --
darkening
counsel ,
By words without knowledge?
Gird up
now
thy
loins
like
a man ;
for
I will
demand
of
thee, and answer
thou me.
Gird ,
I
pray
thee,
as
a man ,
thy
loins,
And
I ask
thee, and cause
thou Me to
know
.
Where wast thou when I laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Where wast thou when I founded
earth? Declare, if thou hast known
understanding.
Who hath
laid
the
measures thereof,
if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the
line
upon it?
Who placed
its
measures --
if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out
upon it a
line
?
Whereupon
are
the
foundations
thereof
fastened
? or who laid
the
corner stone thereof;
On
what
have
its
sockets
been
sunk
? Or who hath
cast
its
corner -
stone ?
When
the morning
stars
sang
together, and all the
sons of God shouted
for joy ?
In
the singing
together of
stars
of
morning
, And all sons of God shout
for joy ,
Or
who
shut
up the
sea
with doors, when
it
brake
forth, as
if
it
had
issued
out
of
the womb ?
And
He
shutteth
up with doors the
sea
, In
its
coming
forth, from
the womb it
goeth
out.
When
I
made
the
cloud the
garment
thereof
, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband
for
it
,
In
My
making
a
cloud its
clothing
, And thick darkness its
swaddling
band
,
And brake
up
for
it my decreed
place
, and set
bars
and doors,
And I
measure
over
it My statute
, And place
bar
and doors,
And said
, Hitherto shalt
thou
come, but
no
further:
and here
shall
thy proud
waves
be
stayed?
And say
, `
Hitherto come thou
, and add
not,
And
a
command
is
placed
On
the
pride
of
thy billows.'
Hast thou commanded the
morning since thy days ;
and
caused
the dayspring
to know his
place ;
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days ?
Causest
thou
the dawn
to know its
place ?
That
it
might
take hold of
the ends
of the earth, that
the wicked might
be
shaken out of it ?
To
take hold on
the skirts
of the earth, And
the wicked are
shaken out of it ,
It is
turned
as clay to
the
seal ;
and they stand
as a
garment
.
It turneth
itself
as clay of
a
seal And they station
themselves
as clothed
.
And from the wicked their light is
withholden
, and the high
arm shall
be
broken.
And withheld
from the wicked is
their light, And the arm lifted
up
is
broken.
Hast thou entered
into
the
springs of the sea? or
hast thou walked in
the
search
of
the
depth
?
Hast thou come
in
to
springs of the sea? And
in
searching
the
deep
Hast thou walked up
and
down
?
Have
the gates of death been
opened
unto
thee
? or
hast
thou
seen
the
doors
of
the shadow
of death?
Revealed
to
thee
were
the gates of death? And
the gates
of death -shade
dost
thou
see
?
Hast
thou perceived
the breadth
of the
earth ?
declare if thou knowest
it all.
Thou hast
understanding,
Even
unto
the broad
places
of earth !
Declare --
if thou hast
known
it all.
Where is the way where
light dwelleth? and as
for
darkness, where is the
place thereof,
Where `
is '
this
--
the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where `
is '
this
--
its
place ?
That thou shouldest
take it to
the
bound
thereof
, and that thou shouldest
know
the paths to
the
house thereof?
That thou dost
take it unto
its
boundary
, And that thou dost
understand
The paths of
its
house .
Knowest
thou it,
because
thou
wast
then born ?
or
because
the number of thy days is
great?
Thou hast
known
--
for
then thou
art
born And
the number of thy days `are'
many!
Hast thou entered
into
the treasures
of the
snow? or
hast
thou
seen
the treasures of the
hail ,
Hast thou come
in
unto
the treasure
of snow? Yea,
the treasures of hail dost
thou
see?
Which
I have reserved
against
the
time of trouble
, against
the
day of battle
and war?
That
I have kept
back
for
a
time of distress
, For
a
day of conflict
and battle.
By
what
way
is the light parted,
which
scattereth the
east wind upon
the earth ?
Where
`
is '
this,
the way
light is
apportioned?
It
scattereth an
east wind over
the earth .
Who hath divided a
watercourse
for the overflowing
of
waters,
or
a way for the lightning of thunder;
Who hath divided for the flood
a conduit?
And
a
way for the lightning of the
voices?
To cause it to rain on the
earth,
where
no man is;
on
the
wilderness
, wherein
there
is
no man ;
To cause `
it '
to rain on a
land
--
no man, A
wilderness
--
no man in
it.
To satisfy the
desolate and waste ground;
and to cause the bud
of the tender herb
to
spring
forth
?
To satisfy a
desolate and waste place,
And to cause to
shoot
up
The produce
of the tender grass
?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out
of
whose womb
came the ice? and the hoary
frost of heaven
, who hath gendered
it?
From
whose belly
came forth
the ice? And the hoar-
frost of the
heavens
, Who hath begotten
it?
The
waters
are
hid
as with
a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen
.
As a stone waters
are
hidden
, And the face of the deep is captured
.
Canst
thou bind the
sweet influences of Pleiades,
or loose
the bands
of Orion
?
Dost
thou bind sweet influences of Kimah?
Or the attractions
of Kesil
dost
thou
open
?
Canst
thou bring forth
Mazzaroth in his
season? or
canst
thou
guide
Arcturus
with
his
sons?
Dost
thou bring out
Mazzaroth in its
season? And
Aysh
for
her
sons dost
thou
comfort
?
Knowest
thou the ordinances
of heaven? canst
thou set
the
dominion thereof
in the earth?
Hast
thou known
the statutes
of heaven? Or
dost
thou appoint
Its
dominion in the earth?
Canst
thou lift up thy
voice
to the clouds
, that
abundance of waters
may
cover thee?
Dost
thou lift up to the cloud
thy
voice
, And
abundance of water
doth
cover thee?
Canst
thou send lightnings, that
they may
go and say unto thee, Here
we
are
?
Dost
thou send out
lightnings, and
they go And say unto thee, `Behold
us
? '
Who hath put wisdom
in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding
to the heart
?
Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom
? Or who hath given To the covered
part
understanding
?
Who can
number the clouds in
wisdom? or
who
can
stay
the bottles of heaven
,
Who doth
number the clouds by
wisdom? And
the bottles of the
heavens
, Who
doth
cause
to
lie
down,
When
the dust groweth
into hardness, and the
clods cleave fast
together?
In
the hardening
of
dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
Wilt
thou hunt the
prey
for the
lion? or
fill
the appetite
of the
young lions ,
Dost
thou hunt for a
lion prey
? And
the desire
of young lions fulfil?
When they couch
in their
dens ,
and
abide in the
covert to
lie
in
wait
?
When they bow
down
in dens --
Abide in a
thicket
for
a
covert?
Who provideth
for the
raven his food?
when his young ones cry unto God ,
they wander for
lack
of
meat
.
Who doth
prepare
for a
raven his provision,
When his young ones cry unto God ?
They wander without
food
.
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