Job 38:1

AMP: Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

ASV: Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

BSB: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

DARBY: And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

DRA: Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said :

KJV: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Job 38:2

AMP: “Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom]By words without knowledge? [Job 35:16]

ASV: Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

BSB: “Who is this who obscures My counselby words without knowledge?

DARBY: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

DRA: Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?

KJV: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 38:3

AMP: “Now gird up your loins like a man,And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

ASV: Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

BSB: Now brace yourself like a man;I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

DARBY: Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

DRA: Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

KJV: Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Job 38:4

AMP: “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

ASV: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

BSB: Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?Tell Me, if you have understanding.

DARBY: Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

DRA: Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding.

KJV: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 38:5

AMP: “Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?

ASV: Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

BSB: Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know!Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

DARBY: Who set the measures thereof if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

DRA: Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

KJV: Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:6

AMP: “On what were its foundations fastened?Or who laid its cornerstone,

ASV: Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

BSB: On what were its foundations set,or who laid its cornerstone,

DARBY: Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

DRA: Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

KJV: Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Job 38:7

AMP: When the morning stars sang togetherAnd all the sons of God (angels) shouted for joy?

ASV: When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

BSB: while the morning stars sang togetherand all the sons of God shouted for joy?

DARBY: When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

DRA: When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?

KJV: When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8

AMP: ¶“Or who enclosed the sea with doorsWhen it burst forth and went out of the womb;

ASV: Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;

BSB: Who enclosed the sea behind doorswhen it burst forth from the womb,

DARBY: And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

DRA: Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb :

KJV: Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Job 38:9

AMP: When I made the clouds its garmentAnd thick darkness its swaddling band,

ASV: When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

BSB: when I made the clouds its garmentand thick darkness its blanket,

DARBY: When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

DRA: when I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

KJV: When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Job 38:10

AMP: And marked for it My [appointed] boundaryAnd set bars and doors [defining the shorelines], [Jer 5:22]

ASV: And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

BSB: when I fixed its boundariesand set in place its bars and doors,

DARBY: When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

DRA: I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors :

KJV: And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Job 38:11

AMP: And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther;And here your proud waves shall stop’? [Ps 89:9; 93:4]

ASV: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

BSB: and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther;here your proud waves must stop’?

DARBY: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

DRA: And I said : Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

KJV: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Job 38:12

AMP: ¶“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,And caused the dawn to know its place,

ASV: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;

BSB: In your days, have you commanded the morningor assigned the dawn its place,

DARBY: Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

DRA: Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

KJV: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Job 38:13

AMP: So that light may take hold of the corners of the earthAnd shake the wickedness out of it?

ASV: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

BSB: that it might spread to the ends of the earthand shake the wicked out of it?

DARBY: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

DRA: And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

KJV: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Job 38:14

AMP: “The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.

ASV: It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:

BSB: The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

DARBY: It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:

DRA: The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment :

KJV: It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Job 38:15

AMP: “Their light is withheld from the wicked,And the uplifted arm is broken.

ASV: And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

BSB: Light is withheld from the wicked,and their upraised arm is broken.

DARBY: And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

DRA: From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

KJV: And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Job 38:16

AMP: ¶“Have you entered and explored the springs of the seaOr [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?

ASV: Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

BSB: Have you journeyed to the vents of the seaor walked in the trenches of the deep?

DARBY: Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

DRA: Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

KJV: Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Job 38:17

AMP: “Have the gates of death been revealed to you,Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

ASV: Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

BSB: Have the gates of death been revealed to you?Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

DARBY: Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

DRA: Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

KJV: Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Job 38:18

AMP: “Have you understood the expanse of the earth?Tell Me, if you know all this.

ASV: Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

BSB: Have you surveyed the extent of the earth?Tell Me, if you know all this.

DARBY: Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

DRA: Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things?

KJV: Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Job 38:19

AMP: ¶“Where is the way where light dwells?And as for darkness, where is its place,

ASV: Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

BSB: Where is the way to the home of light?Do you know where darkness resides,

DARBY: Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

DRA: Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness :

KJV: Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Job 38:20

AMP: That you may take it to its territoryAnd that you may know the paths to its house?

ASV: That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

BSB: so you can lead it back to its border?Do you know the paths to its home?

DARBY: That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

DRA: That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

KJV: That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Job 38:21

AMP: “You [must] know, since you were born then,And because you are so extremely old!

ASV: [Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

BSB: Surely you know, for you were already born!And the number of your days is great!

DARBY: Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

DRA: Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born ? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

KJV: Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Job 38:22

AMP: “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

ASV: Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

BSB: Have you entered the storehouses of snowor observed the storehouses of hail,

DARBY: Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

DRA: Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail :

KJV: Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Job 38:23

AMP: Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,For the day of battle and war? [Ex 9:18; Josh 10:11; Is 30:30; Rev 16:21]

ASV: Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

BSB: which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,for the day of war and battle?

DARBY: Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

DRA: Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

KJV: Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Job 38:24

AMP: “Where is the way that the light is distributed,Or the east wind scattered over the earth?

ASV: By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

BSB: In which direction is the lightning dispersed,or the east wind scattered over the earth?

DARBY: By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?

DRA: By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?

KJV: By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Job 38:25

AMP: ¶“Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood,Or a path for the thunderbolt,

ASV: Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;

BSB: Who cuts a channel for the floodor clears a path for the thunderbolt,

DARBY: Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

DRA: Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder :

KJV: Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Job 38:26

AMP: To bring rain on the uninhabited land,And on the desert where no man lives,

ASV: To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

BSB: to bring rain on a barren land,on a desert where no man lives,

DARBY: To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

DRA: That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth :

KJV: To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Job 38:27

AMP: To satisfy the barren and desolate groundAnd to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

ASV: To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

BSB: to satisfy the parched wastelandand make it sprout with tender grass?

DARBY: To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

DRA: That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

KJV: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 38:28

AMP: “Has the rain a father?Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

ASV: Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

BSB: Does the rain have a father?Who has begotten the drops of dew?

DARBY: Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

DRA: Who is the father of rain ? or who begot the drops of dew?

KJV: Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29

AMP: “Out of whose womb has come the ice?And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

ASV: Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

BSB: From whose womb does the ice emerge?Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

DARBY: Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

DRA: Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

KJV: Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Job 38:30

AMP: “Water becomes like stone [and hides itself],And the surface of the deep is frozen and imprisoned.

ASV: The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

BSB: when the waters become hard as stoneand the surface of the deep is frozen?

DARBY: When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

DRA: The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

KJV: The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:31

AMP: ¶“Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades,Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?

ASV: Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

BSB: Can you bind the chains of the Pleiadesor loosen the belt of Orion?

DARBY: Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

DRA: Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

KJV: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Job 38:32

AMP: “Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her sons?

ASV: Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

BSB: Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasonsor lead out the Bear and her cubs?

DARBY: Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

DRA: Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

KJV: Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Job 38:33

AMP: “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?

ASV: Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

BSB: Do you know the laws of the heavens?Can you set their dominion over the earth?

DARBY: Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

DRA: Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

KJV: Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Job 38:34

AMP: ¶“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,So that an abundance of water will cover you?

ASV: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

BSB: Can you command the cloudsso that a flood of water covers you?

DARBY: Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

DRA: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

KJV: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Job 38:35

AMP: “Can you send forth lightnings that they may goAnd say to you, ‘Here we are’?

ASV: Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

BSB: Can you send the lightning bolts on their way?Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

DARBY: Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

DRA: Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee : Here we are?

KJV: Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Job 38:36

AMP: “Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds]Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?

ASV: Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

BSB: Who has put wisdom in the heartor given understanding to the mind?

DARBY: Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

DRA: Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?

KJV: Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Job 38:37

AMP: “Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,

ASV: Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

BSB: Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

DARBY: Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

DRA: Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

KJV: Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Job 38:38

AMP: When the dust hardens into a massAnd the clods stick together [because of the heat]?

ASV: When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

BSB: when the dust hardens into a massand the clods of earth stick together?

DARBY: When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

DRA: When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

KJV: When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

Job 38:39

AMP: ¶“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion,Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

ASV: Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

BSB: Can you hunt the prey for a lionessor satisfy the hunger of young lions

DARBY: Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

DRA: Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

KJV: Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Job 38:40

AMP: When they crouch in their densAnd lie in wait in their lair?

ASV: When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

BSB: when they crouch in their densand lie in wait in the thicket?

DARBY: When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

DRA: When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?

KJV: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Job 38:41

AMP: “Who provides prey for the ravenWhen its young cry to GodAnd wander about without food?

ASV: Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?

BSB: Who provides food for the ravenwhen its young cry out to Godas they wander about for lack of food?[’’]

DARBY: Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?

DRA: Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?

KJV: Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

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