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Passage Lookup: Job 38-39
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Job 38:1
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The Lord Speaks
Then the Lord spoke to Job(a) out of the storm.(b) He said:Footnotes:
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Job 38:2
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"Who is this that obscures my plans(c) with words without knowledge?(d)
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Job 38:3
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Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.(e)
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Job 38:4
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"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?(f) Tell me, if you understand.(g)
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Job 38:5
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Who marked off its dimensions?(h) Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line(i) across it?
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Job 38:6
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On what were its footings set,(j) or who laid its cornerstone(k)—
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Job 38:7
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while the morning stars(l) sang together(m) and all the angels[a](n) shouted for joy?(o)
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Job 38:8
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"Who shut up the sea behind doors(p) when it burst forth from the womb,(q)
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Job 38:9
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when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,(r)
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Job 38:10
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when I fixed limits for it(s) and set its doors and bars in place,(t)
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Job 38:11
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when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(u) here is where your proud waves halt'?(v)
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Job 38:12
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"Have you ever given orders to the morning,(w) or shown the dawn its place,(x)
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Job 38:13
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that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked(y) out of it?(z)
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Job 38:14
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The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;(aa) its features stand out like those of a garment.
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Job 38:15
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The wicked are denied their light,(ab) and their upraised arm is broken.(ac)
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Job 38:16
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"Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?(ad)
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Job 38:17
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Have the gates of death(ae) been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?(af)
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Job 38:18
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Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?(ag) Tell me, if you know all this.(ah)
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Job 38:19
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"What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?(ai)
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Job 38:20
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Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths(aj) to their dwellings?
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Job 38:21
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Surely you know, for you were already born!(ak) You have lived so many years!
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Job 38:22
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"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(al) or seen the storehouses(am) of the hail,(an)
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Job 38:23
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which I reserve for times of trouble,(ao) for days of war and battle?(ap)
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Job 38:24
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What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,(aq) or the place where the east winds(ar) are scattered over the earth?(as)
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Job 38:25
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Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,(at)
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Job 38:26
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to water(au) a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert,(av)
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Job 38:27
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to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?(aw)
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Job 38:28
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Does the rain have a father?(ax) Who fathers the drops of dew?
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Job 38:29
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From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens(ay)
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Job 38:30
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when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?(az)
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Job 38:31
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"Can you bind the chains[b] of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion's belt?(ba)
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Job 38:32
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Can you bring forth the constellations(bb) in their seasons[c] or lead out the Bear[d] with its cubs?(bc)
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Job 38:33
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Do you know the laws(bd) of the heavens?(be) Can you set up God's[e] dominion over the earth?
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Job 38:34
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"Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?(bf)
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Job 38:35
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Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(bg) Do they report to you, ‘Here we are'?
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Job 38:36
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Who gives the ibis wisdom[f](bh) or gives the rooster understanding?[g](bi)
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Job 38:37
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Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars(bj) of the heavens(bk)
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Job 38:38
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when the dust becomes hard(bl) and the clods of earth stick together?(bm)
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Job 38:39
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"Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions(bn)
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Job 38:40
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when they crouch in their dens(bo) or lie in wait in a thicket?(bp)
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Job 38:41
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Who provides food(bq) for the raven(br) when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?(bs)
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Job 39:1
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"Do you know when the mountain goats(a) give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?(b)
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Job 39:2
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Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?(c)
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Job 39:3
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They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
Job 39:4
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Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
Job 39:5
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"Who let the wild donkey(d) go free? Who untied its ropes?
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Job 39:6
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I gave it the wasteland(e) as its home, the salt flats(f) as its habitat.(g)
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Job 39:7
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It laughs(h) at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver's shout.(i)
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Job 39:8
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It ranges the hills(j) for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
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Job 39:9
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"Will the wild ox(k) consent to serve you?(l) Will it stay by your manger(m) at night?
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Job 39:10
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Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?(n) Will it till the valleys behind you?
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Job 39:11
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Will you rely on it for its great strength?(o) Will you leave your heavy work to it?
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Job 39:12
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Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
Job 39:13
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"The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.(p)
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Job 39:14
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She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
Job 39:15
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unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.(q)
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Job 39:16
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She treats her young harshly,(r) as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
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Job 39:17
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for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.(s)
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Job 39:18
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Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs(t) at horse and rider.
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Job 39:19
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"Do you give the horse its strength(u) or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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Job 39:20
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Do you make it leap like a locust,(v) striking terror(w) with its proud snorting?(x)
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Job 39:21
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It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,(y) and charges into the fray.(z)
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Job 39:22
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It laughs(aa) at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
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Job 39:23
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The quiver(ab) rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear(ac) and lance.
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Job 39:24
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In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.(ad)
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Job 39:25
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At the blast of the trumpet(ae) it snorts, ‘Aha!' It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.(af)
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Job 39:26
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"Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?(ag)
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Job 39:27
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Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?(ah)
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Job 39:28
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It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag(ai) is its stronghold.
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Job 39:29
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From there it looks for food;(aj) its eyes detect it from afar.
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Job 39:30
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Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is."(ak)
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