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| Job 38:1 | Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, | And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, | And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, |
| Job 38:2 | Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge? | Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge? | Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? | Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? |
| Job 38:3 | Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. | Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. | Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. | Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me. |
| Job 38:4 | Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. | Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge. | Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. | Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. |
| Job 38:5 | Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? | By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it? | Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? | Who set the measures thereof if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? |
| Job 38:6 | Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, | On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone, | Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; | Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, |
| Job 38:7 | When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? | When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy? | When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? | When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
| Job 38:8 | Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb; | Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place; | Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? | And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? |
| Job 38:9 | When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, | When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it, | When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, | When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; |
| Job 38:10 | And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, | Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors; | And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, | When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, |
| Job 38:11 | And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed? | And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped? | And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? | And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? |
| Job 38:12 | Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place; | Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place; | Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; | Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place, |
| Job 38:13 | That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? | So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it? | That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? | That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it? |
| Job 38:14 | It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment: | It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe; | It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. | It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment: |
| Job 38:15 | And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken. | And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken. | And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. | And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken. |
| Job 38:16 | Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? | Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep? | Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? | Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? |
| Job 38:17 | Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? | Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you? | Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? | Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? |
| Job 38:18 | Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all. | Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all. | Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. | Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all. |
| Job 38:19 | Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof, | Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark; | Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, | Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, |
| Job 38:20 | That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof? | So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house? | That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? | That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house? |
| Job 38:21 | [Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great! | No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great. | Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? | Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! |
| Job 38:22 | Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, | Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops, | Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, | Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, |
| Job 38:23 | Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war? | Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting? | Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? | Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war? |
| Job 38:24 | By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth? | Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth? | By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? | By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth? |
| Job 38:25 | Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder; | By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder; | Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; | Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash; |
| Job 38:26 | To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; | Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people; | To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; | To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man; |
| Job 38:27 | To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth? | To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass? | To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? | To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth? |
| Job 38:28 | Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? | Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist? | Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? | Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew? |
| Job 38:29 | Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? | Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven? | Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? | Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth? |
| Job 38:30 | The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen. | The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered. | The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. | When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together. |
| Job 38:31 | Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? | Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose? | Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? | Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? |
| Job 38:32 | Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train? | Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you? | Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? | Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons? |
| Job 38:33 | Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? | Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth? | Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? | Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth? |
| Job 38:34 | Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? | Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters? | Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? | Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee? |
| Job 38:35 | Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are? | Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are? | Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? | Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? |
| Job 38:36 | Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind? | Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north? | Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? | Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? |
| Job 38:37 | Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, | By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth, | Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, | Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, |
| Job 38:38 | When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together? | When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses? | When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? | When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together? |
| Job 38:39 | Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, | Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough, | Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, | Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
| Job 38:40 | When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait? | When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood? | When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? | When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait? |
| Job 38:41 | Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food? | Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food? | Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. | Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto ùGod, [and] they wander for lack of meat? |
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