{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:03:48.243Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":38,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":37,"nextChapter":39,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":41},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And said, Till now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Have the gates of death been opened to you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind on the earth?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Can you send lightning, that they may go and say to you, Here we are?"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together?"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for lack of meat."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 38 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 38](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/38 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}