{"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/erv/job/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:35.862Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who stretched the line upon it?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whereupon were 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 brake 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 swaddlingband for it,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"It is changed as clay under the seal; and all things stand forth as a garment:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Hast thou comprehended the breadth of the earth? declare, if thou knowest it all."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries 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, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"To satisfy the waste and desolate ground; and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The waters are hidden as with stone, and the face of the deep is frozen."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Canst 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 can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? or satisfy 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 provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of meat?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 38 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 38](https://primebible.com/erv/job/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/38 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}