Job 38 Darby Translation
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1 And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Jehová á Job desde un torbellino, y dijo:
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
2 ¿Quién es ése que oscurece el consejo con palabras sin sabiduría?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
3 Ahora ciñe como varón tus lomos; yo te preguntaré, y hazme saber tú.
4 Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
4 ¿Dónde estabas cuando yo fundaba la tierra? házme[lo] saber, si tienes inteligencia.
5 Who set the measures thereof — if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
5 ¿Quién ordenó sus medidas, si lo sabes? ¿ó quién extendió sobre ella cordel?
6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
6 ¿Sobre qué están fundadas sus basas? ¿ó quién puso su piedra angular,
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
7 Cuando las estrellas todas del alba alababan, y se regocijaban todos los hijos de Dios?
8 And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
8 ¿Quién encerró con puertas la mar, cuando se derramaba por fuera [como] saliendo de madre;
9 When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
9 Cuando puse yo nubes por vestidura suya, y por su faja oscuridad.
10 When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
10 Y establecí sobre ella mi decreto, y le puse puertas y cerrojo,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
11 Y dije: Hasta aquí vendrás, y no pasarás adelante, y ahí parará la hinchazón de tus ondas?
12 Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
12 ¿Has tú mandado á la mañana en tus días? ¿has mostrado al alba su lugar,
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
13 Para que ocupe los fines de la tierra, y que sean sacudidos de ella los impíos?
14 It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
14 Trasmúdase como lodo bajo de sello, y viene á estar como [con] vestidura:
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
15 Mas la luz de los impíos es quitada de ellos, y el brazo enaltecido es quebrantado.
16 Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
16 ¿Has entrado tú hasta los profundos de la mar, y has andado escudriñando el abismo?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
17 ¿Hante sido descubiertas las puertas de la muerte, y has visto las puertas de la sombra de muerte?
18 Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
18 ¿Has tú considerado hasta las anchuras de la tierra? Declara si sabes todo esto.
19 Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
19 ¿Por dónde va el camino á la habitación de la luz, y dónde está el lugar de las tinieblas?
20 That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
20 ¿Si llevarás tú [ambas cosas] á sus términos, y entenderás las sendas de su casa?
21 Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
21 ¿Sabíaslo tú porque hubieses ya nacido, ó [porque es] grande el número de tus días?
22 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
22 ¿Has tú entrado en los tesoros de la nieve, ó has visto los tesoros del granizo,
23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
23 Lo cual tengo yo reservado para el tiempo de angustia, para el día de la guerra y de la batalla?
24 By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
24 ¿Por qué camino se reparte la luz, y se esparce el viento solano sobre la tierra?
25 Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
25 ¿Quién repartió conducto al turbión, y camino á los relámpagos y truenos,
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
26 Haciendo llover sobre la tierra deshabitada, sobre el desierto, donde no hay hombre,
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
27 Para hartar la [tierra] desierta é inculta, y para hacer brotar la tierna hierba?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
28 ¿Tiene la lluvia padre? ¿ó quién engendró las gotas del rocío?
29 Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
29 ¿De qué vientre salió el hielo? y la escarcha del cielo, ¿quién la engendró?
30 When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
30 Las aguas se endurecen á manera de piedra, y congélase la haz del abismo.
31 Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
31 ¿Podrás tú impedir las delicias de las Pléyades, ó desatarás las ligaduras del Orión?
32 Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
32 ¿Sacarás tú á su tiempo los signos de los cielos, ó guiarás el Arcturo con sus hijos?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
33 ¿Supiste tú las ordenanzas de los cielos? ¿dispondrás tú de su potestad en la tierra?
34 Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
34 ¿Alzarás tú á las nubes tu voz, para que te cubra muchedumbre de aguas?
35 Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
35 ¿Enviarás tú los relámpagos, para que ellos vayan? ¿y diránte ellos: Henos aquí?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
36 ¿Quién puso la sabiduría en el interior? ¿ó quién dió al entendimiento la inteligencia?
37 Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
37 ¿Quién puso por cuenta los cielos con sabiduría? y los odres de los cielos, ¿quién los hace parar,
38 When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
38 Cuando el polvo se ha convertido en dureza, y los terrones se han pegado unos con otros?
39 Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
39 Not in this translation
40 When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
40 Not in this translation
41 Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?
41 Not in this translation
Cross references (40)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 40:6; 2 Kings 2:11; Job 37:1–2; Exodus 19:16–19; 1 Kings 19:11
- 2 Job 42:3; Job 35:16; 1 Timothy 1:7; Job 34:35; Job 27:11
- 3 Job 40:7; Jeremiah 1:17; Exodus 12:11; 1 Kings 18:46; 1 Peter 1:13
- 4 Psalm 104:5; Hebrews 1:10; Proverbs 30:4; Hebrews 1:2; Psalm 102:25
- 5 Isaiah 40:12; Job 11:9; Zechariah 2:1–2; Proverbs 8:27; Isaiah 40:22
- 6 Job 26:7; Psalm 104:5; Psalm 93:1; Isaiah 28:16; 2 Peter 3:5
- 7 Revelation 5:11; Job 1:6; Ezra 3:11–12; Revelation 22:16; Revelation 2:28
- 8 Genesis 1:9; Proverbs 8:29; Jeremiah 5:22; Psalm 104:8–9; Psalm 33:7
- 9 Genesis 1:2
- 10 Jeremiah 5:22; Psalm 104:9; Psalm 33:7; Job 26:10; Genesis 1:9–10
- 11 Psalm 89:9; Proverbs 8:29; Psalm 65:6–7; Luke 8:32–33; Mark 4:39–41
- 12 Psalm 74:16; Psalm 148:3–5; Genesis 1:5; Job 8:9; Psalm 136:7–8
- 13 Psalm 104:35; Job 37:3; Exodus 14:27; Psalm 104:21–22; Job 24:13–17
- 14 Psalm 104:6; Psalm 104:2
- 15 Psalm 10:15; Psalm 37:17; Job 18:5; Proverbs 4:19; Ezekiel 30:22
- 16 Proverbs 8:24; Psalm 77:19; Job 26:5–6; Jeremiah 51:36
- 17 Psalm 9:13; Psalm 107:18; Job 3:5; Job 12:22; Psalm 107:14
- 18 Revelation 20:9; Psalm 89:11–12; Jeremiah 31:37; Isaiah 40:28; Job 28:24
- 19 Ezekiel 32:8; Matthew 27:45; Isaiah 45:7; Genesis 1:3–4; Amos 4:13
- 20 Job 26:10; Genesis 10:19; Genesis 23:17
- 21 Job 15:7; Job 38:4; Job 38:12
- 22 Job 37:6; Psalm 135:7; Psalm 33:7; Job 6:16
- 23 Joshua 10:11; Isaiah 30:30; Revelation 16:21; Exodus 9:18; Job 36:13
- 24 Job 38:12–13; Jonah 4:8; Matthew 24:27
- 25 Job 28:26; Psalm 29:3–10; Job 36:27–28; Job 37:3–6
- 26 Jeremiah 14:22; Psalm 107:35; Hebrews 6:7–8; Isaiah 35:1–2; Isaiah 43:19–20
- 27 Psalm 107:35; Psalm 104:14
- 28 Jeremiah 14:22; Psalm 147:8; Jeremiah 10:13; Proverbs 3:20; Deuteronomy 33:13
- 29 Psalm 147:16–17; Job 37:10; Job 6:16; Job 38:8
- 30 Job 37:10
- 31 Amos 5:8; Job 9:9
- 32 Job 38:31; 2 Kings 23:5; Job 9:9
- 33 Jeremiah 31:35–36; Genesis 8:22; Psalm 148:6; Job 38:12–13; Jeremiah 33:25
- 34 Job 22:11; Zechariah 10:1; James 5:18; Job 36:27–28; 1 Samuel 12:18
- 35 Job 36:32; Job 37:3; 2 Kings 1:14; Revelation 11:5–6; Numbers 16:35
- 36 Job 32:8; Psalm 51:6; Proverbs 2:6; Ecclesiastes 2:26; James 1:5
- 37 Psalm 147:4; Genesis 9:15; Genesis 8:1; Genesis 15:5
- 39 Psalm 104:21; Job 4:10–11; Psalm 34:10; Psalm 145:15–16
- 40 Job 37:8; Numbers 24:9; Numbers 23:24; Genesis 49:9
- 41 Luke 12:24; Matthew 6:26; Psalm 147:9; Psalm 104:27–28
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Who is the father of the rain? And who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And yet, O talkative Dialectician, I will ask thee one small question, and answer thou me, as He saith to Job, Who through whirlwind and cloud giveth Divine admonitions. Are there many mansions in God's House, as thou hast heard, or only one?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Put then a limit to your thought, so that your curiosity in investigating the incomprehensible may not incur the reproaches of Job, and you be not asked by him, "Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?" If ever you hear in the Psalms, "I bear up the pillars of it;" see in these pillars the power which sustains it.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… condensed the air into clouds, and bade them carry the waters of the rain, now bringing golden-tinted clouds from the north, now changing these into one uniform appearance, and again transforming them into manifold circles and other shapes? Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Whereof in Job it saith, And He knoweth the separations of the clouds, and hath bent down the heaven to the earth: and, He who numbereth the clouds in wisdom: and, the cloud is not rent under Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)