God Answers Job from the Whirlwind

Job 38

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Berean Standard Bible

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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

King James Version

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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

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

8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

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1Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,

2“◄Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.► [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!

3I want to ask you some questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.

4◄“Where were you/Were you there with me► long ago when I ◄laid the foundations of/created► the earth? Since you know so much, tell me where you were at that time.

5Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely since you think that you know so much, you should know that!

6What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars that shine early in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully when they saw that happening, who laid that cornerstone? Did you?

7—

8“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?

9It was I, not you, who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark under those clouds.

10I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers so that the water would not come over the land.

11I pointed to the shore and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’

12“Job, have you ever commanded the morning to begin? Have you ever told the dawn to start a new day?

13Have you ever told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?

14When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.

15When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness that they like; in the daylight they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.

16“Job, have you traveled to the springs in the bottom of the ocean from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?

17Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?

18Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!

19“Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And can you tell me where darkness lives?

20Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?

21I am sure that you know these things, because you talk as though you were born before the time when all things were created; you must be very old!

22“Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?

23I store the snow and the hail in order that I can use them to help my people when they have troubles, in times when they are fighting wars [DOU].

24And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?

25Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?

26Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?

27Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?

28Does the rain have a father? Does the dew also have a father?

29And from whose womb does ice come in the ◄winter/cold season►? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?

30In the winter, the water freezes and becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.

31“Job, can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?

32Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are the Big Bear and the Little Bear?

33Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule everything here on the earth?

34“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?

35Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’

36Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?

37And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky to cause the rain to fall,

38with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry ◄clods/lumps of soil► become wet and stick together?

39“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that she and her cubs can eat the meat and not be hungry any more?

40—

41Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me for food, when they are so weak because of their lack of food that they ◄stagger around/can hardly stand up► in their nests?”

Berean Standard Bible

King James Version

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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

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

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

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

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

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

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

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

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

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

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

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

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

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

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

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

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

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

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

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

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

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

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

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

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

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

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

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

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

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

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

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

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

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

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

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

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

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

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

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

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

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

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

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

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Berean Standard Bible

King James Version

Translation for Translators

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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,

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

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

“◄Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.► [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!

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

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

I want to ask you some questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.

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

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

◄“Where were you/Were you there with me► long ago when I ◄laid the foundations of/created► the earth? Since you know so much, tell me where you were at that time.

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

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely since you think that you know so much, you should know that!

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

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars that shine early in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully when they saw that happening, who laid that cornerstone? Did you?

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

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

—

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

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?

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

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

It was I, not you, who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark under those clouds.

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

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers so that the water would not come over the land.

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

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

I pointed to the shore and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’

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

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

“Job, have you ever commanded the morning to begin? Have you ever told the dawn to start a new day?

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

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Have you ever told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?

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

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.

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

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness that they like; in the daylight they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.

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

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

“Job, have you traveled to the springs in the bottom of the ocean from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?

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

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?

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

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!

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

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

“Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And can you tell me where darkness lives?

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

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?

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

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

I am sure that you know these things, because you talk as though you were born before the time when all things were created; you must be very old!

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

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

“Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?

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

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

I store the snow and the hail in order that I can use them to help my people when they have troubles, in times when they are fighting wars [DOU].

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

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?

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

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?

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

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?

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

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?

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

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Does the rain have a father? Does the dew also have a father?

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

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

And from whose womb does ice come in the ◄winter/cold season►? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?

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

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

In the winter, the water freezes and becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.

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

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

“Job, can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?

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

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are the Big Bear and the Little Bear?

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

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule everything here on the earth?

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

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?

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

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’

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

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?

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

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky to cause the rain to fall,

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

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry ◄clods/lumps of soil► become wet and stick together?

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

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that she and her cubs can eat the meat and not be hungry any more?

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

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

—

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

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me for food, when they are so weak because of their lack of food that they ◄stagger around/can hardly stand up► in their nests?”

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וַיַּֽעַן give account עָנָה ʻânâh a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, ־ יְהוָ֣ה Jehovah יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה). אֶת apparent contracted אֵת ʼêth apparent contracted from H226 (אוֹת) in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb ־ אִ֭יּוֹב Job אִיּוֹב ʼÎyôwb from H340 (אָיַב); hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience Job. מנ above מִן min or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482 (מֵן); properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses above, הסערה storm סַעַר çaʻar or (feminine) סְעָרָה; from H5590 (סָעַר); a hurricane storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind. וַיֹּאמַֽר name אָמַר ʼâmar a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude) answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command( ׃

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

מִ֤י any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i זֶ֨ה he זֶה zeh a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ be black חָשַׁךְ châshak a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide. עֵצָ֥ה advice עֵצָה ʻêtsâh from H3289 (יָעַץ); advice; by implication, plan; also prudence advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose. בְמִלִּ֗ין word מִלָּה millâh from H4448 (מָלַל) (plural masculine as if from מִלֶּה; a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic [phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (wh בְּֽלִי corruption בְּלִי bᵉlîy from H1086 (בָּלָה); properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc. corruption, ig(n ־ דָֽעַת cunning דַּעַת daʻath from H3045 (יָדַע); knowledge cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly). ׃

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

אֱזָר bind about אָזַר ʼâzar a primitive root; to belt bind (compass) about, gird (up, with). ־ נָ֣א beseech thee נָא nâʼ a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), כְגֶ֣בֶר man גֶּבֶר geber from H1396 (גָּבַר); properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply every one, man, [idiom] mighty. חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ loins חָלָץ châlâts from H2502 (חָלַץ) (in the sense of strength); only in the dual; the loins (as the seat of vigor) loins, reins. וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ ask שָׁאַל shâʼal or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, des וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc ׃

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

אֵיפֹ֣ה what manner אֵיפֹה ʼêyphôh from H335 (אַי) and H6311 (פֹּה); what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how? what manner, where. הָ֭יִיתָ beacon הָיָה hâyâh a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא)); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) beacon, [idiom] altoge בְּיָסְדִי appoint יָסַד yâçad a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult appoint, take counsel, esta ־ אָ֑רֶץ earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins הַ֝גֵּ֗ד bewray נָגַד nâgad a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mo אִם either אִם ʼim a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, ־ יָדַ֥עְתָּ acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc בִינָֽה knowledge בִּינָה bîynâh from H995 (בִּין); understanding knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom. ׃

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

מִי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ שָׂ֣ם appoint שׂוּם sûwm or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) [idiom] any wise, appoint, br מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ measure מֵמַד mêmad from H4058 (מָדַד); a measure measure. כִּ֣י and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel תֵדָ֑ע acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc א֤וֹ also אוֹ ʼôw presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה); desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) o מִֽי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ נָטָ֖ה apply נָטָה nâṭâh a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application [phrase] afternoon עָלֶ֣יהָ above עַל ʻal properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, קָּֽו קַו qav or קָו; from H6960 (קָוָה) (compare H6961 (קָוֶה)); a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accor ׃

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

עַל above עַל ʻal properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, ־ מָ֭ה how מָה mâh or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), o אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ foundation אֶדֶן ʼeden from the same as H113 (אָדוֹן) (in the sense of strength); a basis (of a building, a column, etc.) foundation, socket. הָטְבָּ֑עוּ drown טָבַע ṭâbaʻ a primitive root; to sink drown, fasten, settle, sink. א֥וֹ also אוֹ ʼôw presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה); desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) o מִֽי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ יָ֝רָ֗ה archer יָרָה yârâh or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); אֶ֣בֶן stone אֶבֶן ʼeben from the root of H1129 (בָּנָה) through the meaning to build; a stone [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone פִּנָּתָֽהּ bulwark פִּנָּה pinnâh feminine of H6434 (פֵּן); an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower. ׃

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

בְּרָן aloud for joy רָנַן rânan a primitive root; properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy) aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, ־ יַ֭חַד alike יַחַד yachad from H3161 (יָחַד); properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal. כּ֣וֹכְבֵי star כּוֹכָב kôwkâb probably from the same as H3522 (כַּבּוֹן) (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (כָּוָה) (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, בֹ֑קֶר day בֹּקֶר bôqer from H1239 (בָּקַר); properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow. וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּ blow an alarm רוּעַ rûwaʻ a primitive root; to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy) blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, כָּל all כֹּל kôl or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from H3634 (כָּלַל); properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) (in) all (manne ־ בְּנֵ֥י man בֵּן bên from H1129 (בָּנָה); a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, אֱלֹהִֽים God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym plural of H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ); gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally ׃

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

וַיָּ֣סֶךְ cover סָכַךְ çâkak or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root; properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect cover, defence, d בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם door דֶּלֶת deleth from H1802 (דָּלָה); something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3). יָ֑ם sea יָם yâm from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ break forth גִּיחַ gîyach or (shortened) גֹּחַ; a primitive root; to gush forth (as water), generally to issue break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out. מֵרֶ֥חֶם matrix רֶחֶם rechem from H7355 (רָחַם); (compare H7356 (רַחַם)) the womb matrix, womb. יֵצֵֽא appear יָצָא yâtsâʼ a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. [idiom] after, appear, [idi ׃

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

בְּשׂוּמִ֣י appoint שׂוּם sûwm or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) [idiom] any wise, appoint, br עָנָ֣ן cloud עָנָן ʻânân from H6049 (עָנַן); a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud cloud(-y). לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ apparel לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ); a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל dark עֲרָפֶל ʻărâphel probably from H6201 (עָרַף); gloom (as of a lowering sky) (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness). חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ swaddling band חֲתֻלָּה chăthullâh from H2853 (חָתַל); a swathing cloth (figuratively) swaddling band. ׃

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

וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר break שָׁבַר shâbar a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively) break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [i עָלָ֣יו above עַל ʻal properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, חֻקִּ֑י law חֹק chôq from H2710 (חָקַק); an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d) וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים appoint שׂוּם sûwm or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) [idiom] any wise, appoint, br בְּרִ֣יחַ bar בְּרִיחַ bᵉrîyach from H1272 (בָּרַח); a bolt bar, fugitive. וּדְלָתָֽיִם door דֶּלֶת deleth from H1802 (דָּלָה); something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3). ׃

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

וָאֹמַ֗ר name אָמַר ʼâmar a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude) answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command( עַד against עַד ʻad properly, the same as H5703 (עַד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space ־ פֹּ֣ה here פֹּה pôh or פֹּא; (Job 38:11), or פּוֹ; probably from a primitive inseparable particle 'p' (of demonstrative force) and H1931 (הוּא); this place (French ici), i.e. here תָ֭בוֹא way בּוֹא bôwʼ a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass) וְלֹ֣א ere לֹא lôʼ or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles [idiom] before תֹסִ֑יף add יָסַף yâçaph a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase וּפֹ֥א here פֹּה pôh or פֹּא; (Job 38:11), or פּוֹ; probably from a primitive inseparable particle 'p' (of demonstrative force) and H1931 (הוּא); this place (French ici), i.e. here ־ יָ֝שִׁ֗ית apply שִׁית shîyth a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application) apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase בִּגְא֥וֹן arrogancy גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn from H1342 (גָּאָה); the same as H1346 (גַּאֲוָה)xlit gaʻăvâh corrected to gaʼăvâh {arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament} arrogancy, exce גַּלֶּֽיךָ billow גַּל gal from H1556 (גָּלַל); something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) billow, heap, spring, wave. ׃

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

הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ life יוֹם yôwm from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a spa צִוִּ֣יתָ appoint צָוָה tsâvâh a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, בֹּ֑קֶר day בֹּקֶר bôqer from H1239 (בָּקַר); properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow. ידעתה acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc שחר light שַׁחַר shachar from H7836 (שָׁחַר); dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial) day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth. מְקֹמֽוֹ country מָקוֹם mâqôwm or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from H6965 (קוּם); properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also ׃

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

לֶ֭אֱחֹז bar אָחַז ʼâchaz a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession) [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fast בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת border כָּנָף kânâph from H3670 (כָּנַף); an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a buildi הָאָ֑רֶץ earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ shake נָעַר nâʻar a primitive root (probably identical with H5286 (נָעַר), through the idea of the rustling of mane, which usually accompanies the lion's roar); to tumble about s 'l s="H7563"'רְשָׁ'seg type="x-suspended"'עִ֣'seg'ים'/l' מִמֶּֽנָּה above מִן min or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482 (מֵן); properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses above, ׃

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

תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ change הָפַךְ hâphak a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert [idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), ov כְּחֹ֣מֶר clay חֹמֶר chômer from H2560 (חָמַר); properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure clay, heap, hom חוֹתָ֑ם seal חוֹתָם chôwthâm or חֹתָם; from H2856 (חָתַם); a signature-ring seal, signet. וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ present selves יָצַב yâtsab a primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can כְּמ֣וֹ according to כְּמוֹ kᵉmôw or כָּמוֹ; (compare H3651 (כֵּן)); a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, lik לְבֽוּשׁ apparel לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ); a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment ׃

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

וְיִמָּנַ֣ע deny מָנַע mânaʻ a primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold. 'l s="H7563"'מֵרְשָׁ'seg type="x-suspended"'עִ֣'seg'ים'/l' אוֹרָ֑ם light אוֹר ʼôwr from H215 (אוֹר); illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning וּזְר֥וֹעַ arm זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ or (shortened) זְרֹעַ; and (feminine) זְרוֹעָה; or זְרֹעָה; from H2232 (זָרַע); the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force arm רָ֝מָ֗ה bring up רוּם rûwm a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty תִּשָּׁבֵֽר break שָׁבַר shâbar a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively) break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [i ׃

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

הֲ֭בָאתָ way בּוֹא bôwʼ a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass) עַד against עַד ʻad properly, the same as H5703 (עַד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space ־ נִבְכֵי spring נֵבֶךְ nêbek from an unused root meaning to burst forth; a fountain spring. ־ יָ֑ם sea יָם yâm from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes וּבְחֵ֥קֶר finding out חֵקֶר chêqer from H2713 (חָקַר); examination, enumeration, deliberation finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing). תְּ֝ה֗וֹם deep תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם); an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply) deep הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ along הָלַךְ hâlak akin to H3212 (יָלַךְ); a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) ׃

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

הֲנִגְל֣וּ appear גָּלָה gâlâh a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal [phrase] ad לְ֭ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי city שַׁעַר shaʻar from H8176 (שָׁעַר) in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er). ־ מָ֑וֶת death מָוֶת mâveth from H4191 (מוּת); death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d) וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י city שַׁעַר shaʻar from H8176 (שָׁעַר) in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er). צַלְמָ֣וֶת shadow of death צַלְמָוֶת tsalmâveth from H6738 (צֵל) and H4194 (מָוֶת); shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity) shadow of death. תִּרְאֶֽה advise self רָאָה râʼâh a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) advise self, appear, ׃

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

הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ attend בִּין bîyn a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, i עַד against עַד ʻad properly, the same as H5703 (עַד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space ־ רַחֲבֵי breadth רַחַב rachab from H7337 (רָחַב); a width breadth, broad place. ־ אָ֑רֶץ earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins הַ֝גֵּ֗ד bewray נָגַד nâgad a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mo אִם either אִם ʼim a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, ־ יָדַ֥עְתָּ acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc כֻלָּֽהּ all כֹּל kôl or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from H3634 (כָּלַל); properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) (in) all (manne ׃

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

אֵי how אַי ʼay perhaps from H370 (אַיִן); where? hence how? how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way). ־ זֶ֣ה he זֶה zeh a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ way דֶּרֶךְ derek from H1869 (דָּרַךְ); a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, cu יִשְׁכָּן abide שָׁכַן shâkan a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם)); to reside or perma ־ א֑וֹר light אוֹר ʼôwr from H215 (אוֹר); illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ night חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ); the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness dark(-ness), night, obscurit אֵי how אַי ʼay perhaps from H370 (אַיִן); where? hence how? how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way). ־ זֶ֥ה he זֶה zeh a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other מְקֹמֽוֹ country מָקוֹם mâqôwm or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from H6965 (קוּם); properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also ׃

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

כִּ֣י and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel תִ֭קָּחֶנּוּ accept לָקַח lâqach a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications) accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receiv אֶל about אֵל ʼêl (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, ־ גְּבוּל֑וֹ border גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from H1379 (גָּבַל); properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed border, bound, וְכִֽי and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel ־ תָ֝בִ֗ין attend בִּין bîyn a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, i נְתִיב֥וֹת way נָתִיב nâthîyb or (feminine) נְתִיבָה; or נְתִבָה; (Jeremiah 6:16), from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track path(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way. בֵּיתֽוֹ court בַּיִת bayith probably from H1129 (בָּנָה) abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, ׃

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

יָ֭דַעְתָּ acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc כִּי and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel ־ אָ֣ז beginning אָז ʼâz a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, y תִּוָּלֵ֑ד bear יָלַד yâlad a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) br וּמִסְפַּ֖ר account מִסְפָּר miçpâr from H5608 (סָפַר); a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration [phrase] abundance, account, יָמֶ֣יךָ life יוֹם yôwm from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a spa רַבִּֽים abound רַב rab by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב); abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedin ׃

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

הֲ֭בָאתָ way בּוֹא bôwʼ a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass) אֶל about אֵל ʼêl (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, ־ אֹצְר֣וֹת armory אוֹצָר ʼôwtsâr from H686 (אָצַר); a depository armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y). שָׁ֑לֶג snow שֶׁלֶג sheleg from H7949 (שָׁלַג); snow (probably from its whiteness) snow(-y). וְאֹצְר֖וֹת armory אוֹצָר ʼôwtsâr from H686 (אָצַר); a depository armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y). בָּרָ֣ד hail בָּרָד bârâd from H1258 (בָּרַד); hail hail(stones). תִּרְאֶֽה advise self רָאָה râʼâh a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) advise self, appear, ׃

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

אֲשֶׁר as אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order tha ־ חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי assuage חָשַׂךְ châsak a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 (חָשַׁךְ) to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe assuage, [i לְעֶת ways עֵת ʻêth from H5703 (עַד); time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc. [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening ־ צָ֑ר adversary צַר tsar or צָר; from H6887 (צָרַר); compare as in H6864 (צֹר) narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an op לְי֥וֹם life יוֹם yôwm from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a spa קְ֝רָ֗ב battle קְרָב qᵉrâb from H7126 (קָרַב); hostile encounter battle, war. וּמִלְחָמָֽה battle מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh from H3898 (לָחַם) (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare) battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior). ׃

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

אֵי how אַי ʼay perhaps from H370 (אַיִן); where? hence how? how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way). ־ זֶ֣ה he זֶה zeh a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ way דֶּרֶךְ derek from H1869 (דָּרַךְ); a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, cu יֵחָ֣לֶק deal חָלַק châlaq a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate deal, distribute, divide, flatter, א֑וֹר light אוֹר ʼôwr from H215 (אוֹר); illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning יָפֵ֖ץ break in pieces פּוּץ pûwts a primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse) break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), dr קָדִ֣ים east קָדִים qâdîym or קָדִם; from H6923 (קָדַם); the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) east(-ward, wind) עֲלֵי above עַל ʻal properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, ־ אָֽרֶץ earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins ׃

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

מִֽי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ פִלַּ֣ג divide פָּלַג pâlag a primitive root; to split (literally or figuratively) divide. לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף flood שֶׁטֶף sheṭeph or שֵׁטֶף; from H7857 (שָׁטַף); a deluge (literally or figuratively) flood, outrageous, overflowing. תְּעָלָ֑ה conduit תְּעָלָה tᵉʻâlâh from H5927 (עָלָה); a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound) conduit, cured, healing, little ri וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ way דֶּרֶךְ derek from H1869 (דָּרַךְ); a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, cu לַחֲזִ֥יז bright cloud חֲזִיז chăzîyz from an unused root meaning to glare; a flash of lightning bright cloud, lightning. קֹלֽוֹת bleating קוֹל qôwl or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [ph ׃

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

לְ֭הַמְטִיר rain מָטַר mâṭar a primitive root; to rain (cause to) rain (upon). עַל above עַל ʻal properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, ־ אֶ֣רֶץ earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins לֹא ere לֹא lôʼ or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles [idiom] before ־ אִ֑ישׁ man אִישׁ ʼîysh contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר desert מִדְבָּר midbâr from H1696 (דָבַר) in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) לֹא ere לֹא lôʼ or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles [idiom] before ־ אָדָ֥ם man אָדָם ʼâdâm from H119 (אָדַם); ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low בּֽוֹ׃

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

לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ have enough שָׂבַע sâbaʻ or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively) have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have p שֹׁ֭אָה desolate שׁוֹא shôwʼ or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה; or שֹׁאָה; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה desolation מְשׁוֹאָה mᵉshôwʼâh or מְשֹׁאָה; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא); (a) ruin, abstractly (the act) or concretely (the wreck) desolation, waste. וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ bear צָמַח tsâmach a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative) bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (ag מֹ֣צָא brought out מוֹצָא môwtsâʼ or מֹצָאxlit môtsâ corrected to môtsâʼ; from H3318 (יָצָא); a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifi דֶֽשֶׁא grass דֶּשֶׁא desheʼ from H1876 (דָּשָׁא); a sprout; by analogy, grass (tender) grass, green, (tender) herb. ׃

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

הֲיֵשׁ are יֵשׁ yêsh perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961 (הָיָה)); there is or are (o ־ לַמָּטָ֥ר rain מָטַר mâṭar from H4305 (מָטַר); rain rain. אָ֑ב father אָב ʼâb a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare n א֥וֹ also אוֹ ʼôw presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה); desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) o מִי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ ה֝וֹלִ֗יד bear יָלַד yâlad a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) br אֶגְלֵי drop אֶגֶל ʼegel from an unused root (meaning to flow down or together as drops); a reservoir drop. ־ טָֽל dew טַל ṭal from H2926 (טָלַל); dew (as covering vegetation) dew. ׃

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

מִבֶּ֣טֶן belly בֶּטֶן beṭen from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [ph מִ֭י any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i יָצָ֣א appear יָצָא yâtsâʼ a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. [idiom] after, appear, [idi הַקָּ֑רַח crystal קֶרַח qerach or קֹרַח; from H7139 (קָרַח); ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal crystal, frost, ice. וּכְפֹ֥ר bason כְּפוֹר kᵉphôwr from H3722 (כָּפַר); properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground) bason, hoar(-y) frost. שָׁ֝מַיִם heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds מִ֣י any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i יְלָדֽוֹ bear יָלַד yâlad a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) br ׃

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

כָּ֭אֶבֶן stone אֶבֶן ʼeben from the root of H1129 (בָּנָה) through the meaning to build; a stone [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone מַ֣יִם wasting מַיִם mayim dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -f יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ hide חָבָא châbâʼ a primitive root (compare H2245 (חָבַב)); to secrete [idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly. וּפְנֵ֥י fore פָּנִים pânîym plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from H6437 (פָּנָה)); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (lite תְ֝ה֗וֹם deep תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם); an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply) deep יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ catch לָכַד lâkad a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere [idiom] at all, catch (sel ׃

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

הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר bind קָשַׁר qâshar a primitive root; to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league) bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stro מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת influence מַעֲדַנָּה maʻădannâh by transitive from H6029 (עָנַד); a bond, i.e. group influence. כִּימָ֑ה Pleiades כִּימָה Kîymâh from the same as H3558 (כּוּמָז); a cluster of stars, i.e. the Pleiades Pleiades, seven stars. אֽוֹ also אוֹ ʼôw presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה); desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) o ־ מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת band מוֹשְׁכָה môwshᵉkâh act participle feminine of H4900 (מָשַׁךְ); something drawing, i.e. (figuratively) a cord band. כְּסִ֣יל constellation כְּסִיל Kᵉçîyl the same as H3684 (כְּסִיל); any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one) constellation, Orion. תְּפַתֵּֽחַ appear פָּתַח pâthach a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) gr ׃

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

הֲתֹצִ֣יא appear יָצָא yâtsâʼ a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. [idiom] after, appear, [idi מַזָּר֣וֹת מַזָּרָה mazzârâh apparently from H5144 (נָזַר) in the sense of distinction; some noted constellation (only in the plural), perhaps collectively, the zodiac Mazzoroth. Compare H4 בְּעִתּ֑וֹ ways עֵת ʻêth from H5703 (עַד); time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc. [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ Arcturus עַיִשׁ ʻAyish or עָשׁ; from H5789 (עוּשׁ); the constellation of the Great Bear (perhaps from its migration through the heavens) Arcturus. עַל above עַל ʻal properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, ־ בָּנֶ֥יהָ man בֵּן bên from H1129 (בָּנָה); a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, תַנְחֵֽם bestow נָחָה nâchâh a primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists) bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten. ׃

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

הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ acknowledge יָדַע yâdaʻ a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (inc חֻקּ֣וֹת appointed חֻקָּה chuqqâh feminine of H2706 (חֹק), and meaning substantially the same {an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)} appointed, custom, שָׁמָ֑יִם heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds אִם either אִם ʼim a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, ־ תָּשִׂ֖ים appoint שׂוּם sûwm or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) [idiom] any wise, appoint, br מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ dominion מִשְׁטָר mishṭâr from H7860 (שֹׁטֵר); jurisdiction dominion. בָאָֽרֶץ earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins ׃

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

הֲתָרִ֣ים bring up רוּם rûwm a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty לָעָ֣ב clay עָב ʻâb (masculine and feminine); from H5743 (עוּב); properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse cl קוֹלֶ֑ךָ bleating קוֹל qôwl or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [ph וְֽשִׁפְעַת abundance שִׁפְעָה shiphʻâh feminine of H8228 (שֶׁפַע); copiousness abundance, company, multitude. ־ מַ֥יִם wasting מַיִם mayim dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -f תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ clad self כָּסָה kâçâh a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy) clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), ׃

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

הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח appoint שָׁלַח shâlach a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idio בְּרָקִ֣ים bright בָּרָק bârâq from H1299 (בָּרַק); lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning. וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ away יָלַךְ yâlak a primitive root (compare H1980 (הָלַךְ)); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses) [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carr וְיֹאמְר֖וּ name אָמַר ʼâmar a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude) answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command( לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ behold הֵן hên a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if behold, if, lo, though. ׃

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

מִי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ שָׁ֭ת apply שִׁית shîyth a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application) apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase בַּטֻּח֣וֹת inward parts טֻחָה ṭuchâh from H2909 (טָחָה) (or H2902 (טוּחַ)) in the sense of overlaying; (in the plural only) the kidneys (as being covered); hence (figuratively) the inmost thought i חָכְמָ֑ה skilful חׇכְמָה chokmâh from H2449 (חָכַם); wisdom (in a good sense) skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit. א֤וֹ also אוֹ ʼôw presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה); desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) o מִֽי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ נָתַ֖ן add נָתַן nâthan a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי heart שֶׂכְוִי sekvîy from the same as H7906 (שֵׂכוּ); observant, i.e. (concretely) the mind heart. בִינָֽה knowledge בִּינָה bîynâh from H995 (בִּין); understanding knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom. ׃

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

מִֽי any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i ־ יְסַפֵּ֣ר commune סָפַר çâphar a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. c שְׁחָקִ֣ים heaven שַׁחַק shachaq from H7833 (שָׁחַק); a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament cloud, small dust, heaven, sky. בְּחָכְמָ֑ה skilful חׇכְמָה chokmâh from H2449 (חָכַם); wisdom (in a good sense) skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit. וְנִבְלֵ֥י bottle נֶבֶל nebel or נֵבֶל; from H5034 (נָבֵל); a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds מִ֣י any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i יַשְׁכִּֽיב cast down שָׁכַב shâkab a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (d ׃

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

בְּצֶ֣קֶת cast יָצַק yâtsaq a primitive root; properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or gro עָ֭פָר earth עָפָר ʻâphâr from H6080 (עָפַר); dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish. לַמּוּצָ֑ק casting מוּצָק mûwtsâq from H5694 (עָגִיל); properly, fusion, i.e. literally, a casting (of metal); figuratively, a mass (of clay) casting, hardness. וּרְגָבִ֥ים clod רֶגֶב regeb from an unused root meaning to pile together; a lump of clay clod. יְדֻבָּֽקוּ abide fast דָּבַק dâbaq a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), b ׃

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

הֲתָצ֣וּד chase צוּד tsûwd a primitive root; also denominative from H6718 (צַיִד) to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for לְלָבִ֣יא lion לָבִיא lâbîyʼ or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת; from an unused root meaning; compare H738 (אֲרִי) to roar; טָ֑רֶף leaf טֶרֶף ṭereph from H2963 (טָרַף); something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food leaf, meat, prey, spoil. וְחַיַּ֖ת life חַי chay from H2421 (חָיָה); alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life כְּפִירִ֣ים lion כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr from H3722 (כָּפַר); a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane) (young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר). תְּמַלֵּֽא accomplish מָלֵא mâlêʼ or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) accomplish, confirm, [phras ׃

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

כִּי and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel ־ יָשֹׁ֥חוּ bend שָׁחַח shâchach a primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexive or causative) bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop. בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת den מְעוֹנָה mᵉʻôwnâh or מְעֹנָה; feminine of H4583 (מָעוֹן), and meaning the same {an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, יֵשְׁב֖וּ abide יָשַׁב yâshab a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry (mak בַסֻּכָּ֣ה booth סֻכָּה çukkâh feminine of H5520 (סֹךְ); a hut or lair booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent. לְמוֹ at לְמוֹ lᵉmôw a prolonged and separable form of the prepositional prefix; to or for at, for, to, upon. ־ אָֽרֶב den אֶרֶב ʼereb from H693 (אָרַב); ambuscade den, lie in wait. ׃

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

מִ֤י any מִי mîy an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מָה) is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used i יָכִ֥ין certain כּוּן kûwn a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establis לָעֹרֵ֗ב raven עֹרֵב ʻôrêb or עוֹרֵב; from H6150 (עָרַב); a raven (from its dusky hue) raven. צֵ֫יד֥וֹ food צַיִד tsayid from a form of H6679 (צוּד) and meaning the same; the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey) [idiom] catcheth, food, [idiom כִּֽי and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel ־ ילדו son יֶלֶד yeled from H3205 (יָלַד); something born, i.e. a lad or offspring boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one). אֶל God אֵל ʼêl shortened from H352 (אַיִל); strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol ־ אֵ֣ל about אֵל ʼêl (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ cry שָׁוַע shâvaʻ a primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble) cry (aloud, out), shout. יִ֝תְע֗וּ go astray תָּעָה tâʻâh a primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make לִבְלִי corruption בְּלִי bᵉlîy from H1086 (בָּלָה); properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc. corruption, ig(n ־ אֹֽכֶל eating אֹכֶל ʼôkel from H398 (אָכַל); food eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals. ׃

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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