Job 38
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 38 of 42
Chapter Summary
1 Jehovah challenges Job to answer. 4 Jehovah convinces Job of ignorance through mighty works, 31 and of inability
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Answers Job out of the tempest, questioning him on the founding of the earth and the order of creation
The man Jehovah summons to gird up his loins and answer; charged with darkening counsel without knowledge
Timeline
Jehovah answers Job out of the tempest, demanding to know who darkens counsel with ignorant words, and commands Job to gird up his loins like a man to answer His questions.
Job 38:1-3God interrogates Job about where he was when the earth's foundations were laid, when the sea was shut with doors, and if he understands the storehouses of snow, the paths of lightning, or the binding of the constellations Pleiades and Orion.
Job 38:4-38God continues His questioning by pointing to His providential care and design of the animal kingdom, including the lion, raven, mountain goats, wild ass, wild ox, the foolish ostrich, the fearless war horse, the hawk, and the soaring eagle.
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