Jb 38 (King James)

¹ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
² Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
³ Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
⁵ Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
⁶ Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
⁸ Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
⁹ When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
¹⁰ And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
¹¹ And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
¹² Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
¹⁴ It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
¹⁵ And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
¹⁶ Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
¹⁷ Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
¹⁸ Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
¹⁹ Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
²⁰ That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
²¹ Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
²² Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
²³ Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
²⁴ By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
²⁵ Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
²⁶ To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
²⁷ To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
²⁹ Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
³⁰ The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
³¹ Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
³² Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
³³ Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
³⁴ Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
³⁵ Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
³⁷ Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
³⁸ When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
⁴⁰ When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Jb 38 (Vulgate)

¹ Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit :
² [Quis est iste involvens sententias sermonibus imperitis ?
³ Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos : interrogabo te, et responde mihi.
⁴ Ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terræ ? indica mihi, si habes intelligentiam.
⁵ Quis posuit mensuras ejus, si nosti ? vel quis tetendit super eam lineam ?
⁶ Super quo bases illius solidatæ sunt ? aut quis demisit lapidem angularem ejus,
⁷ cum me laudarent simul astra matutina, et jubilarent omnes filii Dei ?
⁸ Quis conclusit ostiis mare, quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens ;
⁹ cum ponerem nubem vestimentum ejus, et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiæ obvolverem ?
¹⁰ Circumdedi illud terminis meis, et posui vectem et ostia,
¹¹ et dixi : Usque huc venies, et non procedes amplius, et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos.
¹² Numquid post ortum tuum præcepisti diluculo, et ostendisti auroræ locum suum ?
¹³ Et tenuisti concutiens extrema terræ, et excussisti impios ex ea ?
¹⁴ Restituetur ut lutum signaculum, et stabit sicut vestimentum :
¹⁵ auferetur ab impiis lux sua, et brachium excelsum confringetur.
¹⁶ Numquid ingressus es profunda maris, et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti ?
¹⁷ Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis, et ostia tenebrosa vidisti ?
¹⁸ Numquid considerasti latitudinem terræ ? indica mihi, si nosti, omnia :
¹⁹ in qua via lux habitet, et tenebrarum quis locus sit :
²⁰ ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos, et intelligas semitas domus ejus.
²¹ Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses, et numerum dierum tuorum noveras ?
²² Numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis, aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti,
²³ quæ præparavi in tempus hostis, in diem pugnæ et belli ?
²⁴ Per quam viam spargitur lux, dividitur æstus super terram ?
²⁵ Quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum, et viam sonantis tonitrui,
²⁶ ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto, ubi nullus mortalium commoratur ;
²⁷ ut impleret inviam et desolatam, et produceret herbas virentes ?
²⁸ Quis est pluviæ pater ? vel quis genuit stillas roris ?
²⁹ De cujus utero egressa est glacies ? et gelu de cælo quis genuit ?
³⁰ In similitudinem lapidis aquæ durantur, et superficies abyssi constringitur.
³¹ Numquid conjungere valebis micantes stellas Pleiadas, aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare ?
³² Numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo, et vesperum super filios terræ consurgere facis ?
³³ Numquid nosti ordinem cæli, et pones rationem ejus in terra ?
³⁴ Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam, et impetus aquarum operiet te ?
³⁵ Numquid mittes fulgura, et ibunt, et revertentia dicent tibi : Adsumus ?
³⁶ Quis posuit in visceribus hominis sapientiam ? vel quis dedit gallo intelligentiam ?
³⁷ Quis enarrabit cælorum rationem ? et concentum cæli quis dormire faciet ?
³⁸ Quando fundebatur pulvis in terra, et glebæ compingebantur ?
³⁹ Numquid capies leænæ prædam, et animam catulorum ejus implebis,
⁴⁰ quando cubant in antris, et in specubus insidiantur ?
⁴¹ Quis præparat corvo escam suam, quando pulli ejus clamant ad Deum, vagantes, eo quod non habeant cibos ?]