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1. Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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1. Then the LORD H3068 answered H6030 H853 Job H347 out of H4480 the whirlwind H5591 , and said H559 ,
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2. Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
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2. Who H4310 is this H2088 that darkeneth H2821 counsel H6098 by words H4405 without H1097 knowledge H1847 ?
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3. Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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3. Gird up H247 now H4994 thy loins H2504 like a man H1397 ; for I will demand H7592 of thee , and answer H3045 thou me.
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4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
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4. Where H375 wast H1961 thou when I laid the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 ? declare H5046 , if H518 thou hast understanding H3045 H998 .
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5. Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
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5. Who H4310 hath laid H7760 the measures H4461 thereof, if H3588 thou knowest H3045 ? or H176 who H4310 hath stretched H5186 the line H6957 upon H5921 it?
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6. Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
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6. Whereupon H5921 H4100 are the foundations H134 thereof fastened H2883 ? or H176 who H4310 laid H3384 the corner H6438 stone H68 thereof;
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7. When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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7. When the morning H1242 stars H3556 sang H7442 together H3162 , and all H3605 the sons H1121 of God H430 shouted for joy H7321 ?
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8. Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;
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8. Or who shut up H5526 the sea H3220 with doors H1817 , when it broke forth H1518 , as if it had issued out H3318 of the womb H4480 H7358 ?
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9. When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
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9. When I made H7760 the cloud H6051 the garment H3830 thereof , and thick darkness H6205 a swaddling band H2854 for it,
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10. And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
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10. And broke up H7665 for H5921 it my decreed H2706 place , and set H7760 bars H1280 and doors H1817 ,
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11. And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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11. And said H559 , Hitherto H5704 H6311 shalt thou come H935 , but no H3808 further H3254 : and here H6311 shall thy proud H1347 waves H1530 be stayed H7896 ?
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12. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;
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12. Hast thou commanded H6680 the morning H1242 since thy days H4480 H3117 ; and caused the dayspring H7837 to know H3045 his place H4725 ;
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13. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
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13. That it might take hold H270 of the ends H3671 of the earth H776 , that the wicked H7563 might be shaken H5287 out of H4480 it?
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14. It is changed as clay under the seal; And all things stand forth as a garment:
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14. It is turned H2015 as clay H2563 to the seal H2368 ; and they stand H3320 as H3644 a garment H3830 .
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15. And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
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15. And from the wicked H4480 H7563 their light H216 is withheld H4513 , and the high H7311 arm H2220 shall be broken H7665 .
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16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
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16. Hast thou entered H935 into H5704 the springs H5033 of the sea H3220 ? or hast thou walked H1980 in the search H2714 of the depth H8415 ?
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17. Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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17. Have the gates H8179 of death H4194 been opened H1540 unto thee? or hast thou seen H7200 the doors H8179 of the shadow of death H6757 ?
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18. Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
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18. Hast thou perceived H995 H5704 the breadth H7338 of the earth H776 ? declare H5046 if H518 thou knowest H3045 it all H3605 .
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19. Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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19. Where H335 H2088 is the way H1870 where light H216 dwelleth H7931 ? and as for darkness H2822 , where H335 H2088 is the place H4725 thereof,
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20. That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
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20. That H3588 thou shouldest take H3947 it to H413 the bound H1366 thereof , and that H3588 thou shouldest know H995 the paths H5410 to the house H1004 thereof?
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21. Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
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21. Knowest H3045 thou it , because H3588 thou wast then H227 born H3205 ? or because the number H4557 of thy days H3117 is great H7227 ?
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22. Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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22. Hast thou entered H935 into H413 the treasures H214 of the snow H7950 ? or hast thou seen H7200 the treasures H214 of the hail H1259 ,
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23. Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
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23. Which H834 I have reserved H2820 against the time H6256 of trouble H6862 , against the day H3117 of battle H7128 and war H4421 ?
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24. By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
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24. By what H335 H2088 way H1870 is the light H216 parted H2505 , which scattereth H6327 the east wind H6921 upon H5921 the earth H776 ?
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25. Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
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25. Who H4310 hath divided H6385 a watercourse H8585 for the overflowing of waters H7858 , or a way H1870 for the lightning H2385 of thunder H6963 ;
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26. To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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26. To cause it to rain H4305 on H5921 the earth H776 , where no H3808 man H376 is; on the wilderness H4057 , wherein there is no H3808 man H120 ;
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27. To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
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27. To satisfy H7646 the desolate H7722 and waste H4875 ground ; and to cause the bud H4161 of the tender herb H1877 to spring forth H6779 ?
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28. Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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28. Hath H3426 the rain H4306 a father H1 ? or H176 who H4310 hath begotten H3205 the drops H96 of dew H2919 ?
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29. Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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29. Out of whose womb H4480 H990 H4310 came H3318 the ice H7140 ? and the hoary frost H3713 of heaven H8064 , who H4310 hath engendered H3205 it?
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30. The waters hide themselves and become like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
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30. The waters H4325 are hid H2244 as with a stone H68 , and the face H6440 of the deep H8415 is frozen H3920 .
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31. Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
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31. Canst thou bind H7194 the sweet influences H4575 of Pleiades H3598 , or H176 loose H6605 the bands H4189 of Orion H3685 ?
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32. Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
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32. Canst thou bring forth H3318 Mazzaroth H4216 in his season H6256 ? or canst thou guide H5148 Arcturus H5906 with H5921 his sons H1121 ?
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33. Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
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33. Knowest H3045 thou the ordinances H2708 of heaven H8064 ? canst thou set H7760 the dominion H4896 thereof in the earth H776 ?
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34. Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
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34. Canst thou lift up H7311 thy voice H6963 to the clouds H5645 , that abundance H8229 of waters H4325 may cover H3680 thee?
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35. Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
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35. Canst thou send H7971 lightnings H1300 , that they may go H1980 , and say H559 unto thee, Here H2009 we are ?
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36. Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
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36. Who H4310 hath put H7896 wisdom H2451 in the inward parts H2910 ? or H176 who H4310 hath given H5414 understanding H998 to the heart H7907 ?
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37. Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
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37. Who H4310 can number H5608 the clouds H7834 in wisdom H2451 ? or who H4310 can stay H7901 the bottles H5035 of heaven H8064 ,
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38. When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
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38. When the dust H6083 groweth H3332 into hardness H4165 , and the clods H7263 cleave fast together H1692 ?
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39. Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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39. Wilt thou hunt H6679 the prey H2964 for the lion H3833 ? or fill H4390 the appetite H2416 of the young lions H3715 ,
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40. When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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40. When H3588 they couch H7817 in their dens H4585 , and abide H3427 in the covert H5521 to lie in wait H3926 H695 ?
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41. Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?
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41. Who H4310 provideth H3559 for the raven H6158 his food H6718 ? when H3588 his young ones H3206 cry H7768 unto H413 God H410 , they wander H8582 for lack H1097 of meat H400 .
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