{"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/kjv/job/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:39:22.826Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>is</i> 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 answer thou me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon 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 <i>who</i> shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, <i>as if</i> 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 brake up for it my decreed <i>place</i>, 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; <i>and</i> 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 <i>to</i> the seal; and they stand as a garment."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Where <i>is</i> the way <i>where</i> light dwelleth? and <i>as for</i> darkness, where <i>is</i> the place thereof,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths <i>to</i> the house thereof?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Knowest thou <i>it</i>, because thou wast then born? or <i>because</i> the number of thy days <i>is</i> great?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou 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, <i>which</i> scattereth the east wind upon the earth?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who hath 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, <i>where</i> no man <i>is; on</i> the wilderness, wherein <i>there is</i> no man;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"To satisfy the desolate and waste <i>ground</i>; and to cause the bud of the tender herb 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 hid as <i>with</i> a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set 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 lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we <i>are</i>?"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath 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 groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"When they couch in <i>their</i> dens, <i>and</i> 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, they wander for lack of meat."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 38 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 38](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/38 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}