Job 38
1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *QK) ([the] tempest *Qk) and to say
2 “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
who? this to darken counsel in/on/with speech without knowledge
3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
to gird please like/as great man loin your and to ask you and to know me
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
where? to be in/on/with to found I land: country/planet to tell if to know understanding
5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
who? to set: make measurement her for to know or who? to stretch upon her line
6 What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
upon what? socket her to sink or who? to shoot stone corner her
7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
in/on/with to sing unitedness star morning and to shout all son: child God
8 “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
and to fence in/on/with door sea in/on/with to burst/come out he from womb to come out: produce
9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
in/on/with to set: make I cloud clothing his and cloud swaddling his
10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
and to break upon him statute: allotment my and to set: make bar and door
11 and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
and to say till here to come (in): come and not to add and here to set: appoint in/on/with pride heap: wave your
12 “Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
from day your to command morning (to know [the] dawn *QK) place his
13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
to/for to grasp in/on/with wing [the] land: country/planet and to shake wicked from her
14 It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
to overturn like/as homer signet and to stand like clothing
15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
and to withhold from wicked light their and arm to exalt to break
16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
to come (in): come till spring sea and in/on/with search abyss to go: walk
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
to reveal: reveal to/for you gate death and gate shadow to see: see
18 Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
to understand till breadth land: country/planet to tell if to know all her
19 “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
where? this [the] way: direction to dwell light and darkness where? this place his
20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
for to take: take him to(wards) border: area his and for to understand path house: home his
21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
to know for then to beget and number day your many
22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
to come (in): come to(wards) treasure snow and treasure hail to see: see
23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
which to withhold to/for time distress to/for day battle and battle
24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
where? this [the] way: direction to divide light to scatter east upon land: country/planet
25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
who? to divide to/for flood conduit and way: road to/for lightning voice: thunder
26 to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
to/for to rain upon land: country/planet not man: anyone wilderness not man in/on/with him
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
to/for to satisfy devastation and desolation and to/for to spring exit grass
28 Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
there to/for rain father or who? to beget drop dew
29 Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
from belly: womb who? to come out: come [the] ice and frost heaven who? to beget him
30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
like/as stone water to hide and face: surface abyss to capture
31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
to conspire bond Pleiades or cord Orion to open
32 Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
to come out: send Mazzaroth in/on/with time his and Bear upon son: child her to lead them
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
to know statute heaven if: surely no to set: make rule his in/on/with land: country/planet
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
to exalt to/for cloud voice your and abundance water to cover you
35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
to send: depart lightning and to go: went and to say to/for you look! we
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
who? to set: put in/on/with inner parts wisdom or who? to give: give to/for heart understanding
37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
who? to recount cloud in/on/with wisdom and bag heaven who? to lie down: lay down
38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
in/on/with to pour: pour dust to/for casting and clod to cleave
39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
to hunt to/for lion prey and living thing lion to fill
40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
for to bow in/on/with habitation to dwell in/on/with booth upon ambush
41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
who? to establish: prepare to/for raven food his for (youth his *QK) to(wards) God to cry to go astray to/for without food
