Job 38:19-33

The Lord Answers Job

19 "Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
 20 that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern k the paths to its home?
 21 You know, for l you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!

22 "Have you entered m the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen m the storehouses of the hail,
 23 which I have reserved n for the time of trouble,
n for the day of battle and war?
 24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

25 "Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
and o a way for the thunderbolt,
 26 to bring rain on p a land where no man is,
on q the desert in which there is no man,
 27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground sprout with r grass?

28 "Has s the rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
 29 From whose womb did t the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to t the frost of heaven?
 30 The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is u frozen.

31 "Can you bind the chains of v the Pleiades
or loose the cords of v Orion?
 32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth 1 in their season,
or can you guide v the Bear with its children?
 33 Do you know w the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?

  1. Cross References
    Job 24:13
    There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
  2. Cross References
    Job 15:7
    Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 135:7
    He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 135:7
    He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 10:11
    And as they fled before Israel, while they were...
    Isaiah 28:17
    And I will make justice the line, and righteous...
    Isaiah 30:30
    And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to b...
    Ezekiel 13:11
    Say to those who smear it with whitewash that i...
    Ezekiel 13:13
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : I will make ...
    Ezekiel 38:22
    With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into...
    Revelation 16:21
    And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds ...
    Job 37:13
    Whether for correction or for his land or for l...
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 10:11
    And as they fled before Israel, while they were...
    Isaiah 28:17
    And I will make justice the line, and righteous...
    Isaiah 30:30
    And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to b...
    Ezekiel 13:11
    Say to those who smear it with whitewash that i...
    Ezekiel 13:13
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : I will make ...
    Ezekiel 38:22
    With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into...
    Revelation 16:21
    And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds ...
    Job 37:13
    Whether for correction or for his land or for l...
  7. Cross References
    Job 28:26
    When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder.
  8. Cross References
    Job 37:13
    Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 107:35
    He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 1:11
    And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.
    2 Samuel 23:4
    He dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 147:8
    He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
    Jeremiah 14:22
    Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 147:16 - 17
    He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 147:16 - 17
    He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
  14. Cross References
    Job 37:10
    By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.
  15. Cross References
    Job 9:9
    Who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south.
    Amos 5:8
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name.
  16. Cross References
    Job 9:9
    Who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south.
    Amos 5:8
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name.
  17. Cross References
    Job 38:31
    Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:35
    Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar - the Lord of hosts is his name:
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