Job 38

respondens autem Dominus Iob de turbine dixit

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

quis est iste involvens sententias sermonibus inperitis

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos interrogabo te et responde mihi

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terrae indica mihi si habes intellegentiam

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

quis posuit mensuras eius si nosti vel quis tetendit super eam lineam

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

super quo bases illius solidatae sunt aut quis dimisit lapidem angularem eius

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

cum me laudarent simul astra matutina et iubilarent omnes filii Dei

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

quis conclusit ostiis mare quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

cum ponerem nubem vestimentum eius et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiae obvolverem

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

circumdedi illud terminis meis et posui vectem et ostia

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

et dixi usque huc venies et non procedes amplius et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

numquid post ortum tuum praecepisti diluculo et ostendisti aurorae locum suum

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

et tenuisti concutiens extrema terrae et excussisti impios ex ea

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

restituetur ut lutum signaculum et stabit sicut vestimentum

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

auferetur ab impiis lux sua et brachium excelsum confringetur

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

numquid ingressus es profunda maris et in novissimis abyssis deambulasti

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

numquid apertae tibi sunt portae mortis et ostia tenebrosa vidisti

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

numquid considerasti latitudines terrae indica mihi si nosti omnia

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

in qua via habitet lux et tenebrarum quis locus sit

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos et intellegas semitas domus eius

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses et numerum dierum tuorum noveras

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

quae praeparavi in tempus hostis in diem pugnae et belli

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

per quam viam spargitur lux dividitur aestus super terram

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum et viam sonantis tonitrui

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto ubi nullus mortalium commoratur

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

ut impleret inviam et desolatam et produceret herbas virentes

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

quis est pluviae pater vel quis genuit stillas roris

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

de cuius utero egressa est glacies et gelu de caelo quis genuit

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

in similitudinem lapidis aquae durantur et superficies abyssi constringitur

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

numquid coniungere valebis micantes stellas Pliadis aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo et vesperum super filios terrae consurgere facis

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

numquid nosti ordinem caeli et pones rationem eius in terra

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam et impetus aquarum operiet te

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

numquid mittes fulgura et ibunt et revertentia dicent tibi adsumus

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

quis posuit in visceribus hominis sapientiam vel quis dedit gallo intellegentiam

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

quis enarravit caelorum rationem et concentum caeli quis dormire faciet

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

quando fundebatur pulvis in terram et glebae conpingebantur

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

numquid capies leaenae praedam et animam catulorum eius implebis

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

quando cubant in antris et in specubus insidiantur

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

quis praeparat corvo escam suam quando pulli eius ad Deum clamant vagantes eo quod non habeant cibos

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.