Job 38

¹Then the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) answered Iyov [hated] out of the whirlwind, and said,

²Who [is] this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

³Gird up now youi waist like a man; for I will demand of youi , and answer youi me.

⁴Where were youi when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if youi have understanding.

⁵Who has laid the measures thereof, if youi know? or who has stretched the line upon it?

⁶Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] shouted for joy?

⁸Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?

⁹When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling clothes (cloths for wrapping infants tightly) for it,

¹⁰And broke up for it my decreed [place] , and set bars and doors,

¹¹And said, Till this point in time shall youi come, but no further: and here shall youi proud waves be detained (held) ?

¹²Have youi commanded the morning since youi days; [and] caused the Dayspring (sunrise) to know his place;

¹³That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

¹⁴It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.

¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.

¹⁶Have youi entered into the springs of the sea? or have youi walked in the search of the depth?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been opened unto youi ? or have youi seen the doors of the shadow of death?

¹⁸Have youi perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if youi know it all.

¹⁹Where [is] the way [where] light dwells? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

²⁰That youi should take it to the bound thereof, and that youi should know the paths [to] the house thereof?

²¹Know youi [it] , because youi were then born? or [because] the number of youi days [is] great?

²²Have youi entered into the treasures of the snow? or have youi seen the treasures of the hail,

²³Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

²⁴By what way is the light parted, [which] scatters the east wind upon the earth?

²⁵Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;

²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground] ; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

²⁸Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? and the white colored (white or gray with age) frost of heaven, who has gendered it?

³⁰The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

³¹Can youi bind the sweet influences of Kimah (Pleiades) [a cluster] , or loose the bands of Kesil (Orion) [The Fool] ?

³²Can youi bring forth Mazzarot (constllations of the zodiac) in his season? or can youi guide Arcturus [bear watcher] with his sons?

³³Know youi the ordinances of heaven? can youi set the dominion thereof in the earth?

³⁴Can youi lift up youi voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover youi ?

³⁵Can youi send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto youi , Here we [are] ?

³⁶Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?

³⁷Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

³⁸When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods cleave (split open; cut open; divide) fast together?

³⁹Will youi hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the colonnade to lie in wait?

⁴¹Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , they wander for lack of meat.