Home Prior Books Index
←Prev   Job 38 as rendered by/in  Next→ 

Did you notice?
 You can SEARCH IslamAwakened: 

38:1  Then the Lord answered Job from the storm. He said:
38:2  “Who is this that makes my purpose unclear by saying things that are not true?
38:3  Be strong like a man! I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
38:4  Where were you when I made the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
38:5  Who marked off how big it should be? Surely you know! Who stretched a ruler across it?
38:6  What were the earth’s foundations set on, or who put its cornerstone in place
38:7  while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted with joy?
38:8  “Who shut the doors to keep the sea in when it broke through and was born,
38:9  when I made the clouds like a coat for the sea and wrapped it in dark clouds,
38:10  when I put limits on the sea and put its doors and bars in place,
38:11  when I said to the sea, ‘You may come this far, but no farther; this is where your proud waves must stop’?
38:12  “Have you ever ordered the morning to begin, or shown the dawn where its place was
38:13  in order to take hold of the earth by its edges and shake evil people out of it?
38:14  At dawn the earth changes like clay being pressed by a seal; the hills and valleys stand out like folds in a coat.
38:15  Light is not given to evil people; their arm is raised to do harm, but it is broken.
38:16  “Have you ever gone to where the sea begins or walked in the valleys under the sea?
38:17  Have the gates of death been opened to you? Have you seen the gates of the deep darkness?
38:18  Do you understand how wide the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things.
38:19  “What is the path to light’s home, and where does darkness live?
38:20  Can you take them to their places? Do you know the way to their homes?
38:21  Surely you know, if you were already born when all this happened! Have you lived that many years?
38:22  “Have you ever gone into the storehouse of the snow or seen the storehouses for hail,
38:23  which I save for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
38:24  Where is the place from which light comes? Where is the place from which the east winds blow over the earth?
38:25  Who cuts a waterway for the heavy rains and sets a path for the thunderstorm?
38:26  Who waters the land where no one lives, the desert that has no one in it?
38:27  Who sends rain to satisfy the empty land so the grass begins to grow?
38:28  Does the rain have a father? Who is father to the drops of dew?
38:29  Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the sky
38:30  when the water becomes hard as stone, and even the surface of the ocean is frozen?
38:31  “Can you tie up the stars of the Pleiades or loosen the ropes of the stars in Orion?
38:32  Can you bring out the stars on time or lead out the stars of the Bear with its cubs?
38:33  Do you know the laws of the sky and understand their rule over the earth?
38:34  “Can you shout an order to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
38:35  Can you send lightning bolts on their way? Do they come to you and say, ‘Here we are’?
38:36  Who put wisdom inside the mind or understanding in the heart?
38:37  Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can pour water from the jars of the sky
38:38  when the dust becomes hard and the clumps of dirt stick together?
38:39  “Do you hunt food for the female lion to satisfy the hunger of the young lions
38:40  while they lie in their dens or hide in the bushes waiting to attack?
38:41  Who gives food to the birds when their young cry out to God and wander about without food?