Job 38

King James Version · 41 verses · 490 cross-references linking it to 218 other chapters

1. 1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,26 cross-references: Job 40:6, 2 Kings 2:11, Job 37:1–2, Exodus 19:16–19, 1 Kings 19:11
2. 2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?21 cross-references: Job 42:3, Job 35:16, 1 Timothy 1:7, Job 34:35, Job 12:3
3. 3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.18 cross-references: Job 40:7, Exodus 12:11, 1 Peter 1:13, Jeremiah 1:17, 1 Kings 18:46
4. 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.34 cross-references: Psalms 104:5, Hebrews 1:10, Proverbs 30:4, Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 1:2
5. 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?12 cross-references: Isaiah 40:12, Zechariah 2:1–2, Job 11:9, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 34:11
6. 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;14 cross-references: Job 26:7, Psalms 104:5, 2 Peter 3:5, Isaiah 28:16, Zechariah 12:1
7. 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?18 cross-references: Revelation 5:11, Job 1:6, Revelation 22:16, Ezra 3:11–12, Job 2:1
8. 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?26 cross-references: Genesis 1:9, Proverbs 8:29, Jeremiah 5:22, Psalms 104:8–9, Psalms 33:7
9. 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,3 cross-references: Genesis 1:2
10. 10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,15 cross-references: Jeremiah 5:22, Psalms 104:9, Job 26:10, Genesis 1:9–10, Psalms 33:7
11. 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?23 cross-references: Psalms 89:9, Proverbs 8:29, Job 2:6, Luke 8:32–33, Psalms 65:6–7
12. 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;22 cross-references: Psalms 74:16, Job 8:9, Psalms 148:3–5, Genesis 1:5, Luke 1:78
13. 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?8 cross-references: Psalms 104:35, Job 37:3, Exodus 14:27, Psalms 104:21–22, Psalms 139:9–12
14. 14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.3 cross-references: Psalms 104:6, Psalms 104:2
15. 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.16 cross-references: Psalms 10:15, Job 18:5, Psalms 37:17, Proverbs 4:19, Job 5:14
16. 16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?8 cross-references: Proverbs 8:24, Psalms 77:19, Job 26:5–6, Jeremiah 51:36
17. 17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?15 cross-references: Psalms 9:13, Psalms 107:18, Job 3:5, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 23:4
18. 18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.6 cross-references: Jeremiah 31:37, Psalms 89:11–12, Revelation 20:9, Job 28:24, Psalms 74:17
19. 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,17 cross-references: Ezekiel 32:8, Matthew 27:45, Isaiah 45:7, Psalms 104:20, Genesis 1:3–4
20. 20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?3 cross-references: Job 26:10, Genesis 23:17, Genesis 10:19
21. 21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?4 cross-references: Job 15:7, Job 38:4, Job 38:12
22. 22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,15 cross-references: Job 37:6, Psalms 135:7, Job 6:16, Psalms 33:7
23. 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?9 cross-references: Joshua 10:11, Isaiah 30:30, Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:24, Job 36:13
24. 24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?5 cross-references: Job 38:12–13, Matthew 24:27, Jonah 4:8
25. 25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;13 cross-references: Job 28:26, Psalms 29:3–10, Job 36:27–28, Job 37:3–6
26. 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;17 cross-references: Jeremiah 14:22, Psalms 107:35, Hebrews 6:7–8, Isaiah 43:19–20, Psalms 104:10–14
27. 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?5 cross-references: Psalms 107:35, Psalms 104:14
28. 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?22 cross-references: Jeremiah 14:22, Psalms 147:8, Job 29:19, 1 Kings 17:1, Proverbs 3:20
29. 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?7 cross-references: Psalms 147:16–17, Job 37:10, Job 6:16, Job 38:8
30. 30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.2 cross-references: Job 37:10
31. 31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?7 cross-references: Amos 5:8, Job 9:9
32. 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?3 cross-references: Job 38:31, 2 Kings 23:5, Job 9:9
33. 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?9 cross-references: Jeremiah 31:35–36, Psalms 119:90–91, Psalms 148:6, Jeremiah 33:25, Genesis 1:16
34. 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?13 cross-references: Job 22:11, Amos 5:8, James 5:18, 1 Samuel 12:18, Job 36:27–28
35. 35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?16 cross-references: 2 Kings 1:14, Job 37:3, Numbers 11:1, Isaiah 6:8, Leviticus 10:2
36. 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?13 cross-references: Job 32:8, Psalms 51:6, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Proverbs 2:6, James 1:5
37. 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,10 cross-references: Psalms 147:4, Genesis 9:15, Genesis 8:1, Genesis 15:5
38. 38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39. 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,13 cross-references: Psalms 104:21, Psalms 145:15–16, Job 4:10–11, Psalms 34:10
40. 40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?5 cross-references: Job 37:8, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:9
41. 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.16 cross-references: Luke 12:24, Matthew 6:26, Psalms 147:9, Psalms 104:27–28

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People in Job 38

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Hard questions about Job 38

• Does the earth hang on nothing, or rest on foundations and pillars?
• Does God have one Son or many, and are all people his children?
• Were the stars made after the earth, on the fourth day, or before the earth’s foundations were laid?
• Do Ecclesiastes and Job describe the water cycle accurately?