Original 1611 King James Bible (KJV)

Iob 38

1 God challengeth Job to answer. 4 God, by his mighty works, convinceth Job of ignorance, 31 and of imbecility.

 38:1 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 answered 6030 z8799 x853 Iob 347 out of x4480 the whirlewind, 5591 and sayd, 559 z8799

 38:2 Who x4310 [is] this x2088 [that] darkneth 2821 z8688 counsell 6098 by words 4405 without x1097 knowledge? 1847

 38:3 Gird vp 247 z8798 nowe x4994 thy loines 2504 like a man; 1397 for I will demaund 7592 z8799 of thee, and answere 3045 z8685 thou me.

 38:4 Where 375 wast x1961 thou when I layd the foundations 3245 z8800 of the earth? 776 Declare, 5046 z8685 if x518 thou hast y3045 z8804 vnderstanding. 998 x3045

 38:5 Who x4310 hath layd 7760 z8804 the measures 4461 thereof, if x3588 thou knowest? 3045 z8799 Or x176 who x4310 hath stretched 5186 z8804 the line 6957 vpon x5921 it?

 38:6 Wherepuon x5921 x4100 are the foundations 134 thereof fastened? 2883 z8717 Or x176 who x4310 layd 3384 z8804 the corner 6438 stone 68 thereof?

 38:7 When the morning 1242 starres 3556 sang 7442 z8800 together, 3162 and all x3605 the sonnes 1121 of God 430 shouted y7321 z8686 for ioy. x7321

 38:8 Or [who] shut vp 5526 z8686 the sea 3220 with doores, 1817 when it brake foorth 1518 z8800 [as if] it had issued out 3318 z8799 of the wombe? 7358 x4480

 38:9 When I made 7760 z8800 the cloud 6051 the garment 3830 thereof, and thicke darknesse 6205 a swadling band 2854 for it,

 38:10 And brake vp 7665 z8799 for x5921 it my decreed 2706 [place], and set 7760 z8799 barres 1280 and doores, 1817

 38:11 And said, 559 z8799 Hitherto 5704 6311 shalt thou come, 935 z8799 but no x3808 further: 3254 z8686 and heere x6311 shall thy proud 1347 waues 1530 be stayed. 7896 z8799

 38:12 Hast thou commaunded 6680 z8765 the morning 1242 since thy daies? 3117 x4480 [and] caused the day-spring 7837 to know 3045 z8765 his place, 4725

 38:13 That it might take hold 270 z8800 of the endes 3671 of the earth, 776 that the wicked 7563 might be shaken x5287 out y5287 z8735 of x4480 it?

 38:14 It is turned 2015 z8691 as clay 2563 to the seale, 2368 and they stand 3320 z8691 as x3644 a garment. 3830

 38:15 And from the wicked 7563 x4480 their light 216 is withholden, 4513 z8735 and the high 7311 z8802 arme 2220 shalbe broken. 7665 z8735

 38:16 Hast thou entred 935 z8804 into x5704 the springs 5033 of the sea? 3220 Or hast thou walked 1980 z8694 in the search 2714 of the depth? 8415

 38:17 Haue the gates 8179 of death 4194 bene opened 1540 z8738 vnto thee? Or hast thou seene 7200 z8799 the doores 8179 of the shadow of death? 6757

 38:18 Hast thou perceiued 995 z8712 x5704 the breadth 7338 of the earth? 776 Declare 5046 z8685 if x518 thou knowest 3045 z8804 it all. x3605

 38:19 Where x335 x2088 is the way 1870 [where] light 216 dwelleth? 7931 z8799 And as for darknesse, 2822 where x335 x2088 [is] the place 4725 thereof?

 38:20 That x3588 thou shouldest take 3947 z8799 it to x413 the bound 1366 thereof, and that x3588 thou shouldest know 995 z8799 the pathes 5410 to the house 1004 thereof.

 38:21 Knowest 3045 z8804 thou [it], because x3588 thou wast then x227 borne? 3205 z8735 Or [because] the number 4557 of thy daies 3117 [is] great? 7227

 38:22 Hast thou entred 935 z8804 into x413 the treasures 214 of the snowe? 7950 Or hast thou seene 7200 z8799 the treasures 214 of the haile, 1259

 38:23 Which x834 I haue reserued 2820 z8804 against the time 6256 of trouble, 6862 against the day 3117 of battaile 7128 and warre? 4421

 38:24 By what 335 x2088 way 1870 is the light 216 parted? 2505 z8735 [which] scattereth 6327 z8686 the East wind 6921 vpon x5921 the earth. 776

 38:25 Who x4310 hath diuided 6385 z8765 a water-course 8585 for the ouerflowing of waters? 7858 Or a way 1870 for the lightning 2385 of thunder, 6963

 38:26 To cause it to raine 4305 z8687 on x5921 the earth, 776 [where] no x3808 man 376 is: [on] the wildernesse 4057 wherein there is no x3808 man? 120

 38:27 To satisfie 7646 z8687 the desolate 7722 and waste 4875 [ground], and to cause the bud 4161 of the tender herbe 1877 to spring forth. 6779 z8687

 38:28 Hath 3426 the raine 4306 a father? 1 Or x176 who x4310 hath begotten 3205 z8689 the drops 96 of dew? 2919

 38:29 Out of whose wombe 990 x4480 x4310 came 3318 z8804 the yce? 7140 And the hoary frost 3713 of heauen, 8064 who x4310 hath gendred 3205 z8804 it?

 38:30 The waters 4325 are hid 2244 z8691 as [with] a stone, 68 and the face 6440 of the deepe 8415 is frozen. 3920 z8691

 38:31 Canst thou bind 7194 z8762 the sweete influences 4575 of Pleiades? 3598 Or x176 loose 6605 z8762 the bands 4189 of Orion? 3685

 38:32 Canst thou bring forth 3318 z8686 Mazzaroth 4216 in his season, 6256 or canst thou guide 5148 z8686 Arcturus 5906 with x5921 his sonnes? 1121

 38:33 Knowest 3045 z8804 thou the ordinances 2708 of heauen? 8064 Canst thou set 7760 z8799 the dominion 4896 thereof in the earth? 776

 38:34 Canst thou lift vp 7311 z8686 thy voice 6963 to the cloudes, 5645 that abundance 8229 of waters 4325 may couer 3680 z8762 thee?

 38:35 Canst thou send 7971 z8762 lightnings, 1300 that they may goe, y3212 z8799 x1980 and say 559 z8799 vnto thee, Here x2009 we [are]?

 38:36 Who x4310 hath put 7896 z8804 wisedome 2451 in the inward parts? 2910 Or x176 who x4310 hath giuen 5414 z8804 vnderstanding 998 to the heart? 7907

 38:37 Who x4310 can number 5608 z8762 the cloudes 7834 in wisedome? 2451 Or who x4310 can stay 7901 z8686 the bottles 5035 of heauen, 8064

 38:38 When the dust 6083 groweeh 3332 z8800 into hardnesse, 4165 and the clods 7263 cleaue fast together? 1692 z8792

 38:39 Wilt thou hunt 6679 z8799 the pray 2964 for the lyon? 3833 Or fill 4390 z8762 the appetite 2416 of the young lyons, 3715

 38:40 When x3588 they couch 7817 z8799 in their dennes, 4585 [and] abide 3427 z8799 in the couert 5521 to y3926 lie in waite? 695 x3926

 38:41 Who x4310 prouideth 3559 z8686 for the rauen 6158 his foode? 6718 when x3588 his young ones 3206 cry 7768 z8762 vnto x413 God, 410 they wander 8582 z8799 for lacke 1097 of meate. 400