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Job 38

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBThen Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
    KJVThen the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
  2. 2
    WEB“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
    KJVWho is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
  3. 3
    WEBBrace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
    KJVGird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
  4. 4
    WEB“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
    KJVWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
  5. 5
    WEBWho determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
    KJVWho hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
  6. 6
    WEBWhat were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
    KJVWhereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
  7. 7
    WEBwhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
    KJVWhen the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
  8. 8
    WEB“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
    KJVOr who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
  9. 9
    WEBwhen I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
    KJVWhen I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
  10. 10
    WEBmarked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
    KJVAnd brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
  11. 11
    WEBand said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
    KJVAnd said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
  12. 12
    WEB“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
    KJVHast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
  13. 13
    WEBthat it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
    KJVThat it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
  14. 14
    WEBIt is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
    KJVIt is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
  15. 15
    WEBFrom the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
    KJVAnd from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
  16. 16
    WEB“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
    KJVHast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
  17. 17
    WEBHave the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
    KJVHave the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
  18. 18
    WEBHave you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
    KJVHast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
  19. 19
    WEB“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
    KJVWhere is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
  20. 20
    WEBthat you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
    KJVThat thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
  21. 21
    WEBSurely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
    KJVKnowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
  22. 22
    WEBHave you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
    KJVHast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
  23. 23
    WEBwhich I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
    KJVWhich I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
  24. 24
    WEBBy what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
    KJVBy what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
  25. 25
    WEBWho has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
    KJVWho hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
  26. 26
    WEBto cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
    KJVTo cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
  27. 27
    WEBto satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
    KJVTo satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
  28. 28
    WEBDoes the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
    KJVHath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
  29. 29
    WEBWhose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
    KJVOut of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
  30. 30
    WEBThe waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
    KJVThe waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
  31. 31
    WEB“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
    KJVCanst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
  32. 32
    WEBCan you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
    KJVCanst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
  33. 33
    WEBDo you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
    KJVKnowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
  34. 34
    WEB“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
    KJVCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
  35. 35
    WEBCan you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
    KJVCanst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
  36. 36
    WEBWho has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
    KJVWho hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
  37. 37
    WEBWho can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
    KJVWho can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
  38. 38
    WEBwhen the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
    KJVWhen the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
  39. 39
    WEB“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
    KJVWilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
  40. 40
    WEBwhen they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
    KJVWhen they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
  41. 41
    WEBWho provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
    KJVWho provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.