{"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/dbt/job/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:21:10.623Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":38,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":37,"nextChapter":39,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":41},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who set the measures thereof if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"It is changed like the signet-clay; and all things stand forth as in a garment:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and they wander for lack of meat?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 38 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 38](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/38 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}