욥기 38장 NASB
- 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said
- 2 "Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
- 3 "Now gird up your loins like a man And I will ask you and you instruct Me!
- 4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me if you have understanding
- 5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
- 6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone
- 7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- 8 "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When bursting forth it went out from the womb;
- 9 When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band
- 10 And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors
- 11 And I said 'Thus far you shall come but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop'?
- 12 "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning And caused the dawn to know its place
- 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth And the wicked be shaken out of it?
- 14 "It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.
- 15 "From the wicked their light is withheld And the uplifted arm is broken.
- 16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?
- 17 "Have the gates of death been revealed to you Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
- 18 "Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me if you know all this.
- 19 "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness where is its place
- 20 That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?
- 21 "You know for you were born then And the number of your days is great!
- 22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail
- 23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress For the day of war and battle?
- 24 "Where is the way that the light is divided Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
- 25 "Who has cleft a channel for the flood Or a way for the thunderbolt
- 26 To bring rain on a land without people On a desert without a man in it
- 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
- 28 "Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
- 29 "From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven who has given it birth?
- 30 "Water becomes hard like stone And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
- 31 "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades Or loose the cords of Orion?
- 32 "Can you lead forth a constellation in its season And guide the Bear with her satellites?
- 33 "Do you know the ordinances of the heavens Or fix their rule over the earth?
- 34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds So that an abundance of water will cover you?
- 35 "Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you 'Here we are'?
- 36 "Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?
- 37 "Who can count the clouds by wisdom Or tip the water jars of the heavens
- 38 When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
- 39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lion Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
- 40 When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?
- 41 "Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?