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Job 38 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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The LORD Challenges Job
(Gen 1:1–10 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 - Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - “Who is this that questions my wisdom
with such ignorant words?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - Brace yourself like a man,
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 - Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 - What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - as the morning stars sang together
and all the angels[fn] shouted for joy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 - “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
as it burst from the womb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - and as I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it in thick darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 - As the light approaches,
the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;
it is robed in brilliant colors.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - The light disturbs the wicked
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - “Have you explored the springs from which the seas come?
Have you explored their depths?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Do you know where the gates of death are located?
Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:18 - Do you realize the extent of the earth?
Tell me about it if you know!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “Where does light come from,
and where does darkness go?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:20 - Can you take each to its home?
Do you know how to get there?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:21 - But of course you know all this!
For you were born before it was all created,
and you are so very experienced!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22 - “Have you visited the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of hail?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - (I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - Where is the path to the source of light?
Where is the home of the east wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:25 - “Who created a channel for the torrents of rain?
Who laid out the path for the lightning?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 - Who makes the rain fall on barren land,
in a desert where no one lives?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
and make the tender grass spring up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - “Does the rain have a father?
Who gives birth to the dew?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - Who is the mother of the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
and the surface of the water freezes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 - “Can you direct the movement of the stars—
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 - Can you direct the sequence of the seasons
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33 - Do you know the laws of the universe?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - “Can you shout to the clouds
and make it rain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you make lightning appear
and cause it to strike as you direct?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who gives intuition to the heart
and instinct to the mind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?
Who can tilt the water jars of heaven

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - when the parched ground is dry
and the soil has hardened into clods?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - “Can you stalk prey for a lioness
and satisfy the young lions’ appetites

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - as they lie in their dens
or crouch in the thicket?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provides food for the ravens
when their young cry out to God
and wander about in hunger?
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew the sons of God.
Or its features stand out like folds in a robe.
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For more information on this translation, see the NLT Preface.

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