Job 38
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
World English Bible
1Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
2Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
2“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
3Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
4Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.
4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
5Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
6Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,
6What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
7When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?
7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:
8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
9When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?
9when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:
10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
11And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.
11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
12Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?
12“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
13And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?
13that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
14The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment:
14It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
15From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
15From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
16Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
16“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
17Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things?
18Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
19Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness:
19“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
20That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.
20that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
21Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?
21Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail:
22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?
23which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?
24By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
25Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:
25Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
26That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:
26to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
27That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
28Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?
28Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
29Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?
29Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
30The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.
30The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
31Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?
31“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
32Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?
32Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
33Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
34“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
35Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?
35Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?
36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
37Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
37Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
38When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?
38when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
39Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,
39“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
40when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
41Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?
41Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
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