--- title: Job 38 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 38 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 38 # Job 38 41 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [38:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.1/) — וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב מִן ׀ הַסְּעָרָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: - [38:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.2/) — מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃ — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? - [38:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.3/) — אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ — Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me. - [38:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.4/) — אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָֽה׃ — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding. - [38:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.5/) — מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אוֹ מִֽי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּֽו׃ — Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? - [38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.6/) — עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הָטְבָּעוּ אוֹ מִֽי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃ — Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, - [38:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.7/) — בְּרָן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃ — When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? - [38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.8/) — וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא׃ — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb; - [38:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.9/) — בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ — When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, - [38:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.10/) — וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָֽאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ — And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors, - [38:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.11/) — וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ — And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'? - [38:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.12/) — הְֽמִיָּמֶיךָצִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר יִדַּעְתָּה הַשַּׁחַרמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ — Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place; - [38:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.13/) — לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִיםמִמֶּֽנָּה׃ — That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? - [38:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.14/) — תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִֽתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ — It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment. - [38:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.15/) — וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁעִיםאוֹרָם וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ — But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken. - [38:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.16/) — הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ — Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? - [38:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.17/) — הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃ — Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? - [38:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.18/) — הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃ — Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all. - [38:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.19/) — אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ — Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof; - [38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.20/) — כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹ וְכִֽי־תָבִין נְתִיבוֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ — That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? - [38:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.21/) — יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ — Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! - [38:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.22/) — הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶג וְאֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶֽה׃ — Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, - [38:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.23/) — אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ — Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? - [38:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.24/) — אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹר יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ — By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth? - [38:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.25/) — מִֽי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ — Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder; - [38:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.26/) — לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בּֽוֹ׃ — To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; - [38:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.27/) — לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָהוּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃ — To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? - [38:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.28/) — הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ — Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? - [38:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.29/) — מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדֽוֹ׃ — Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? - [38:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.30/) — כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ — The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. - [38:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.31/) — הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ — Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? - [38:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.32/) — הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרוֹת בְּעִתּוֹ וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃ — Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons? - [38:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.33/) — הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ — Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? - [38:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.34/) — הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ — Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? - [38:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.35/) — הַֽתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃ — Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'? - [38:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.36/) — מִי־שָׁת בַּטֻּחוֹת חָכְמָה אוֹ מִֽי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָֽה׃ — Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind? - [38:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.37/) — מִֽי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחָכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ — Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, - [38:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.38/) — בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ — When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? - [38:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.39/) — הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃ — Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, - [38:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.40/) — כִּי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹת יֵשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃ — When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? - [38:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.41/) — מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּֽי־יְלָדָיו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃ — Who provideth for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food? - ← previous: [Job 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/37/) - next →: [Job 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/39/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)