Verse 4
Job 38:4
Noah Webster Bible
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּ/יָסְדִ/י אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה
English Translation
Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth, if you have understanding?
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Chapter 38 Context
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;
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When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God (Elohim) shouted for joy?
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Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
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When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
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And broke up for it my decreed place , and set bars and doors,
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;
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That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,
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That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
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Knowest thou it , because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is ; on the wilderness in which there is no man;
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground ; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
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Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are ?
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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38
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God (Elohim), they wander for want...
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