Job 38

Berean Standard Bible tier 2Smith–Van Dyck tier 2
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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

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1 فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ ٱلْعَاصِفَةِ وَقَالَ:

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2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

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2 «مَنْ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي يُظْلِمُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ بِكَلَامٍ بِلَا مَعْرِفَةٍ؟

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3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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3 اُشْدُدِ ٱلْآنَ حَقْوَيْكَ كَرَجُلٍ، فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعَلِّمُنِي.

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4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

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4 أَيْنَ كُنْتَ حِينَ أَسَّسْتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ فَهْمٌ.

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5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

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5 مَنْ وَضَعَ قِيَاسَهَا؟ لِأَنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ! أَوْ مَنْ مَدَّ عَلَيْهَا مِطْمَارًا؟

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6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

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6 عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ قَرَّتْ قَوَاعِدُهَا؟ أَوْ مَنْ وَضَعَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَتِهَا،

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7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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7 عِنْدَمَا تَرَنَّمَتْ كَوَاكِبُ ٱلصُّبْحِ مَعًا، وَهَتَفَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي ٱللهِ؟

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8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

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8 «وَمَنْ حَجَزَ ٱلْبَحْرَ بِمَصَارِيعَ حِينَ ٱنْدَفَقَ فَخَرَجَ مِنَ ٱلرَّحِمِ.

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9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

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9 إِذْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلسَّحَابَ لِبَاسَهُ، وَٱلضَّبَابَ قِمَاطَهُ،

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10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

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10 وَجَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِّي، وَأَقَمْتُ لَهُ مَغَالِيقَ وَمَصَارِيعَ،

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11 and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

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11 وَقُلْتُ: إِلَى هُنَا تَأْتِي وَلَا تَتَعَدَّى، وَهُنَا تُتْخَمُ كِبْرِيَاءُ لُجَجِكَ؟

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12 In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

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12 «هَلْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ أَمَرْتَ ٱلصُّبْحَ؟ هَلْ عَرَّفْتَ ٱلْفَجْرَ مَوْضِعَهُ

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13 that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

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13 لِيُمْسِكَ بِأَكْنَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَيُنْفَضَ ٱلْأَشْرَارُ مِنْهَا؟

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14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

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14 تَتَحَوَّلُ كَطِينِ ٱلْخَاتِمِ، وَتَقِفُ كَأَنَّهَا لَابِسَةٌ.

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15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

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15 وَيُمْنَعُ عَنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ نُورُهُمْ، وَتَنْكَسِرُ ٱلذِّرَاعُ ٱلْمُرْتَفِعَةُ.

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16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

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16 «هَلِ ٱنْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَوْ فِي مَقْصُورَةِ ٱلْغَمْرِ تَمَشَّيْتَ؟

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17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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17 هَلِ ٱنْكَشَفَتْ لَكَ أَبْوَابُ ٱلْمَوْتِ، أَوْ عَايَنْتَ أَبْوَابَ ظِلِّ ٱلْمَوْتِ؟

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18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

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18 هَلْ أَدْرَكْتَ عَرْضَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ عَرَفْتَهُ كُلَّهُ.

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19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

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19 «أَيْنَ ٱلطَّرِيقُ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَسْكُنُ ٱلنُّورُ؟ وَٱلظُّلْمَةُ أَيْنَ مَقَامُهَا،

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20 so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

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20 حَتَّى تَأْخُذَهَا إِلَى تُخُومِهَا وَتَعْرِفَ سُبُلَ بَيْتِهَا؟

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21 Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

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21 تَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ كُنْتَ قَدْ وُلِدْتَ، وَعَدَدُ أَيَّامِكَ كَثِيرٌ!

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22 Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,

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22 «أَدَخَلْتَ إِلَى خَزَائِنِ ٱلثَّلْجِ، أَمْ أَبْصَرْتَ مَخَازِنَ ٱلْبَرَدِ،

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23 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

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23 ٱلَّتِي أَبْقَيْتَهَا لِوَقْتِ ٱلضَّرِّ، لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِتَالِ وَٱلْحَرْبِ؟

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24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

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24 فِي أَيِّ طَرِيقٍ يَتَوَزَّعُ ٱلنُّورُ، وَتَتَفَرَّقُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟

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25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

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25 مَنْ فَرَّعَ قَنَوَاتٍ لِلْهَطْلِ، وَطَرِيقًا لِلصَّوَاعِقِ،

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26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

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26 لِيَمْطُرَ عَلَى أَرْضٍ حَيْثُ لَا إِنْسَانَ، عَلَى قَفْرٍ لَا أَحَدَ فِيهِ،

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27 to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

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27 لِيُرْوِيَ ٱلْبَلْقَعَ وَٱلْخَلَاءَ وَيُنْبِتَ مَخْرَجَ ٱلْعُشْبِ؟

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28 Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?

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28 «هَلْ لِلْمَطَرِ أَبٌ؟ وَمَنْ وَلَدَ مَآجِلَ ٱلطَّلِّ؟

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29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

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29 مِنْ بَطْنِ مَنْ خَرَجَ ٱلْجَمَدُ؟ صَقِيعُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، مَنْ وَلَدَهُ؟

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30 when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

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30 كَحَجَرٍ صَارَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ. ٱخْتَبَأَتْ. وَتَلَكَّدَ وَجْهُ ٱلْغَمْرِ.

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31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

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31 «هَلْ تَرْبِطُ أَنْتَ عُقْدَ ٱلثُّرَيَّا، أَوْ تَفُكُّ رُبُطَ ٱلْجَبَّارِ؟

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32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?

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32 أَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَنَازِلَ فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا وَتَهْدِي ٱلنَّعْشَ مَعَ بَنَاتِهِ؟

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33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

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33 هَلْ عَرَفْتَ سُنَنَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، أَوْ جَعَلْتَ تَسَلُّطَهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟

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34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

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34 أَتَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى ٱلسُّحُبِ فَيُغَطِّيَكَ فَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ؟

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35 Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

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35 أَتُرْسِلُ ٱلْبُرُوقَ فَتَذْهَبَ وَتَقُولَ لَكَ: هَا نَحْنُ؟

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36 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

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36 مَنْ وَضَعَ فِي ٱلطَّخَاءِ حِكْمَةً، أَوْ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ فِي ٱلشُّهُبِ فِطْنَةً؟

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37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

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37 مَنْ يُحْصِي ٱلْغُيُومَ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسْكُبُ أَزْقَاقَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ،

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38 when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

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38 إِذْ يَنْسَبِكُ ٱلتُّرَابُ سَبْكًا وَيَتَلَاصَقُ ٱلْمَدَرُ؟

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39 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

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39 «أَتَصْطَادُ لِلَّبْوَةِ فَرِيسَةً، أَمْ تُشْبِعُ نَفْسَ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ،

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40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

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40 حِينَ تَجْرَمِزُّ فِي عِرِّيسِهَا وَتَجْلِسُ فِي عِيصِهَا لِلْكُمُونِ؟

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41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

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41 مَنْ يُهَيِّئُ لِلْغُرَابِ صَيْدَهُ، إِذْ تَنْعَبُ فِرَاخُهُ إِلَى ٱللهِ، وَتَتَرَدَّدُ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْقُوتِ؟

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