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He does not oppress. 8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors,
24 Therefore men fear Him; When it burst forth and issued from
He shows no partiality to any who are the womb;
wise of heart.” 9 When I made the clouds its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling band;
Then the LORD answered Job out of the 10
38 whirlwind, and said: When I fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;
2 “Who is this who darkens counsel 11 When I said,
By words without knowledge? ‘This far you may come, but no farther,
3 Now prepare yourself like a man; And here your proud waves must stop!’
I will question you, and you shall
12 “Have you commanded the morning
answer Me.
since your days began,
4 “Where were you when I laid the And caused the dawn to know its place,
foundations of the earth? 13 That it might take hold of the ends of
Tell Me, if you have understanding. the earth,
5 Who determined its measurements? And the wicked be shaken out of it?
Surely you know! 14 It takes on form like clay under a seal,
Or who stretched the line upon it? And stands out like a garment.
6 To what were its foundations fastened? 15 From the wicked their light is withheld,
Or who laid its cornerstone, And the upraised arm is broken.
7 When the morning stars sang together,
And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 16 “Have you entered the springs of the
sea?
Or have you walked in search of the
depths?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed
to you?
38:1 the LORD. Yahweh, the covenant “LORD,” Or have you seen the doors of the
was the name used for God in the book’s pro- shadow of death?
logue,where the reader was introduced to Job 18 Have you comprehended the breadth
and his relationship with God. However, in of the earth?
chapters 3–37,the name “Yahweh”is not used. Tell Me, if you know all this.
God is called “El Shaddai,”God the Almighty.In
this book that change becomes a way of illus- 19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of
trating that God has been detached and dis- light?
tant. The relationship is restored in rich terms And darkness, where is its place,
as God reveals Himself to Job using His 20 That you may take it to its territory,
covenant name. out of the whirlwind. Job That you may know the paths to its
had repeatedly called God to court in order to home?
verify his innocence.God finally came to inter- 21 Do you know it, because you were
rogate Job on some of the comments he had born then,
made to his own accusers. God was about to Or because the number of your days is
be Job’s vindicator,but He first brought Job to great?
a right understanding of Himself.
“Have you entered the treasury of
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38:3 I will question you. God silenced Job’s snow,
presumption in constantly wanting to ask the Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
questions of God by becoming Job’s question- 23 Which I have reserved for the time of
er. It must be noted that God never told Job trouble,
about the reason for his pain, about the con- For the day of battle and war?
flict between Himself and Satan, which was 24 By what way is light diffused,
the reason for Job’s suffering. He never gave Or the east wind scattered over the
Job any explanation at all about the circum- earth?
stances of his trouble. He did one thing in all
He said. He asked Job if he was as eternal, 25 “Who has divided a channel for the
great, powerful, wise, and perfect as God. If overflowing water,
not, Job would have been better off to be Or a path for the thunderbolt,
quiet and trust Him. 26 To cause it to rain on a land where there
is no one,

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