Job 38
The Lord Answers Job: Where Were You?
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, References Lord: Job 40:6, 1 Kings 19:11, Nahum 1:3. Parallel theme: 2 Kings 2:11, Ezekiel 1:4
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Word: Job 34:35, 35:16, 1 Timothy 1:7. Parallel theme: Job 42:3
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Parallel theme: Job 40:7, Exodus 12:11, 1 Kings 18:46, Jeremiah 1:17, 1 Peter 1:13
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Parallel theme: Genesis 1:1, Psalms 102:25, 104:5, Proverbs 8:22, 30:4, Hebrews 1:2, 1:10 +2
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Parallel theme: Job 11:9, 28:25, Psalms 19:4, 78:55, Proverbs 8:27, 8:29, Isaiah 34:11, 40:12, 40:22, 2 Corinthians 10:16 +5
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; Parallel theme: Job 26:7, Psalms 93:1, 104:5, 118:22, Isaiah 28:16, Zechariah 12:1, 2 Peter 3:5 +2
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? References God: Job 1:6. Parallel theme: Psalms 104:4, Revelation 5:11, 22:16
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? Parallel theme: Genesis 1:9, Psalms 33:7, Proverbs 8:29, Jeremiah 5:22
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, Parallel theme: Job 26:10, Psalms 104:9, Jeremiah 5:22
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Parallel theme: Job 2:6, Psalms 89:9, Proverbs 8:29, Isaiah 27:8
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; Parallel theme: Job 8:9, Genesis 1:5, Psalms 74:16, Luke 1:78, 2 Peter 1:19
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? Evil: Psalms 104:35. Parallel theme: Job 37:3, Exodus 14:27
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. Parallel theme: Psalms 104:6
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. Evil: Psalms 10:15, 37:17, Proverbs 4:19. Light: Job 18:5, 18:18. Parallel theme: Job 5:14, Ezekiel 30:22 +2
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? Parallel theme: Psalms 77:19, Proverbs 8:24
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? Parallel theme: Job 3:5, Psalms 9:13, 107:18
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. Parallel theme: Jeremiah 31:37, Revelation 20:9
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, Light: Isaiah 45:7, Jeremiah 13:16, Ezekiel 32:8, John 1:9, 8:12. Darkness: Psalms 18:11, 104:20, 105:28, Matthew 27:45. Parallel theme: Deuteronomy 4:19 +5
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? Parallel theme: Job 15:7
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Parallel theme: Job 6:16, 37:6, Psalms 33:7, 135:7
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? Parallel theme: Exodus 9:18, Joshua 10:11, Isaiah 30:30, Revelation 16:21
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
God Questions Job About Nature
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; Light: Job 28:26
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; Parallel theme: Psalms 107:35, Jeremiah 14:22
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? Parallel theme: Psalms 107:35
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Parallel theme: Job 29:19, 38:8, Genesis 27:28, 27:39, Psalms 147:8, Proverbs 3:20, Jeremiah 5:24, 10:13, 14:22, Matthew 5:45 +5
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? Parallel theme: Job 37:10
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. Parallel theme: Job 37:10
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Parallel theme: Job 9:9, Amos 5:8
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? Parallel theme: Genesis 1:16, 8:22, Psalms 148:6, Jeremiah 33:25
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Parallel theme: Job 22:11
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? Parallel theme: Job 9:4, 32:8, Exodus 31:3, Psalms 51:6, Proverbs 2:6, Ecclesiastes 2:26, James 1:5, 1:17 +3
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heavenHeaven: שָׁמַיִם (Shamayim). The Hebrew shamayim (שָׁמַיִם) means heaven or sky—God's dwelling place and the realm above earth. 'The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's' (Psalm 115:16), yet 'the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him' (1 Kings 8:27)., Parallel theme: Psalms 147:4
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, Parallel theme: Psalms 104:21
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? Parallel theme: Job 37:8
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity., they wander for lack of meat. References God: Luke 12:24. Parallel theme: Psalms 147:9, Matthew 6:26