Job · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Job 38 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Jehová á Job desde un torbellino, y dijo:
1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
2 ¿Quién es ése que oscurece el consejo con palabras sin sabiduría?
2 “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
3 Ahora ciñe como varón tus lomos; yo te preguntaré, y hazme saber tú.
3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
4 ¿Dónde estabas cuando yo fundaba la tierra? házme[lo] saber, si tienes inteligencia.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
5 ¿Quién ordenó sus medidas, si lo sabes? ¿ó quién extendió sobre ella cordel?
5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
6 ¿Sobre qué están fundadas sus basas? ¿ó quién puso su piedra angular,
6 What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
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?
7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
8 ¿Quién encerró con puertas la mar, cuando se derramaba por fuera [como] saliendo de madre;
8 “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
9 Cuando puse yo nubes por vestidura suya, y por su faja oscuridad.
9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
10 Y establecí sobre ella mi decreto, y le puse puertas y cerrojo,
10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but 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?
11 and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;
12 ¿Has tú mandado á la mañana en tus días? ¿has mostrado al alba su lugar,
12 “Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that 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?
13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
14 Trasmúdase como lodo bajo de sello, y viene á estar como [con] vestidura:
14 It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
15 Mas la luz de los impíos es quitada de ellos, y el brazo enaltecido es quebrantado.
15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
16 ¿Has entrado tú hasta los profundos de la mar, y has andado escudriñando el abismo?
16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
17 ¿Hante sido descubiertas las puertas de la muerte, y has visto las puertas de la sombra de muerte?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
18 ¿Has tú considerado hasta las anchuras de la tierra? Declara si sabes todo esto.
18 Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,
19 ¿Por dónde va el camino á la habitación de la luz, y dónde está el lugar de las tinieblas?
19 “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
20 ¿Si llevarás tú [ambas cosas] á sus términos, y entenderás las sendas de su casa?
20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
21 ¿Sabíaslo tú porque hubieses ya nacido, ó [porque es] grande el número de tus días?
21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
22 ¿Has tú entrado en los tesoros de la nieve, ó has visto los tesoros del granizo,
22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against 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?
23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
24 ¿Por qué camino se reparte la luz, y se esparce el viento solano sobre la tierra?
24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
25 ¿Quién repartió conducto al turbión, y camino á los relámpagos y truenos,
25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
26 Haciendo llover sobre la tierra deshabitada, sobre el desierto, donde no hay hombre,
26 to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground;] and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
27 Para hartar la [tierra] desierta é inculta, y para hacer brotar la tierna hierba?
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
28 ¿Tiene la lluvia padre? ¿ó quién engendró las gotas del rocío?
28 Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
29 ¿De qué vientre salió el hielo? y la escarcha del cielo, ¿quién la engendró?
29 Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
30 Las aguas se endurecen á manera de piedra, y congélase la haz del abismo.
30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
31 ¿Podrás tú impedir las delicias de las Pléyades, ó desatarás las ligaduras del Orión?
31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
32 ¿Sacarás tú á su tiempo los signos de los cielos, ó guiarás el Arcturo con sus hijos?
32 Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
33 ¿Supiste tú las ordenanzas de los cielos? ¿dispondrás tú de su potestad en la tierra?
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
34 ¿Alzarás tú á las nubes tu voz, para que te cubra muchedumbre de aguas?
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
35 Canst thou send 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?
35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
36 ¿Quién puso la sabiduría en el interior? ¿ó quién dió al entendimiento la inteligencia?
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
37 ¿Quién puso por cuenta los cielos con sabiduría? y los odres de los cielos, ¿quién los hace parar,
37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
38 Cuando el polvo se ha convertido en dureza, y los terrones se han pegado unos con otros?
38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
39 Not in this translation
39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
40 Not in this translation
40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
41 Not in this translation
41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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)