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