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| 1. | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, | Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, | And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, | ||
| 2. | Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? | "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? | Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge? | ||
| 3. | Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. | Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me! | Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. | ||
| 4. | Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. | "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. | Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge. | ||
| 5. | Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? | Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? | By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it? | ||
| 6. | Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; | Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, | On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone, | ||
| 7. | When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? | when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? | When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy? | ||
| 8. | Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? | "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb, | Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place; | ||
| 9. | When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, | when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness, | When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it, | ||
| 10. | And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, | marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, | Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors; | ||
| 11. | And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? | and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?' | And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped? | ||
| 12. | Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; | "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place; | Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place; | ||
| 13. | That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? | that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? | So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it? | ||
| 14. | It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. | It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment. | It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe; | ||
| 15. | And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. | From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken. | And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken. | ||
| 16. | Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? | "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep? | Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep? | ||
| 17. | Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? | Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? | Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you? | ||
| 18. | Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. | Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all. | Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all. | ||
| 19. | Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, | "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place, | Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark; | ||
| 20. | That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? | that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house? | So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house? | ||
| 21. | Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? | Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! | No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great. | ||
| 22. | Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, | Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail, | Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops, | ||
| 23. | Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? | which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? | Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting? | ||
| 24. | By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? | By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth? | Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth? | ||
| 25. | Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; | Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm; | By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder; | ||
| 26. | To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; | To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man; | Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people; | ||
| 27. | To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? | to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth? | To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass? | ||
| 28. | Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? | Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew? | Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist? | ||
| 29. | Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? | Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it? | Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven? | ||
| 30. | The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. | The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen. | The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered. | ||
| 31. | Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? | "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? | Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose? | ||
| 32. | Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? | Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs? | Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you? | ||
| 33. | Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? | Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth? | Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth? | ||
| 34. | Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? | "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you? | Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters? | ||
| 35. | Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? | Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?' | Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are? | ||
| 36. | Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? | Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind? | Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north? | ||
| 37. | Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, | Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky, | By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth, | ||
| 38. | When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? | when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together? | When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses? | ||
| 39. | Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, | "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, | Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough, | ||
| 40. | When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? | when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket? | When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood? | ||
| 41. | Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. | Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food? | Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food? | ||