Job 38:1 - 39:30

Job 38:1-41 (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?

Job 39:1-30 (NASB)
¹ "Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
² "Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?
³ "They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.
⁴ "Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.
⁵ "Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
⁶ To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?
⁷ "He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
⁸ "He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.
⁹ "Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?
¹⁰ "Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
¹¹ "Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?
¹² "Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?
¹³ "The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,
¹⁴ For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust,
¹⁵ And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them.
¹⁶ "She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;
¹⁷ Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.
¹⁸ "When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.
¹⁹ "Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
²⁰ "Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
²¹ "He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons.
²² "He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword.
²³ "The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin.
²⁴ "With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.
²⁵ "As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.
²⁶ "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south?
²⁷ "Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?
²⁸ "On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
²⁹ "From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar.
³⁰ "His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he."