{"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/web/job/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:41:08.071Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":38,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":37,"nextChapter":39,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":41},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"|Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,"},{"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 from the womb,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"|Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"|Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"|What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Have you entered the treasuries 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 lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"|Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over 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 forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"|Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 38 (WEB)","markdown":"[Job 38](https://primebible.com/web/job/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/job/38 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}