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Job Chapter 38

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Job

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In this chapter the Lord reveals His power and majesty to Job, describing the vastness of the heavens, the depths of the earth, the greatness of the sun, the wind, the waters, and the mountains. The passage emphasizes God's sovereignty and the futility of human effort compared to divine creation, reinforcing the theme that nothing can be hidden from Him.

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(1) Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Job 37:1Job 37:2Job 37:9Job 37:14Exodus 19:16Exodus 19:17Exodus 19:18Exodus 19:19Deuteronomy 4:11Deuteronomy 4:12Deuteronomy 5:22Deuteronomy 5:23

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Job 1:5Job 42:8

(2) Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Job 12:3Job 23:4Job 23:5Job 24:25Job 26:3Job 27:11Job 34:35Job 35:16Job 42:3I Timothy 1:7

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II Samuel 17:14

(3) Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Job 40:7Exodus 12:11I Kings 18:46Jeremiah 1:17I Peter 1:13Job 13:15Job 13:22Job 23:3Job 23:4Job 23:5Job 23:6Job 23:7

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II Kings 4:29Job 40:7

(4) Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Proverbs 8:22Proverbs 8:29Proverbs 8:30Proverbs 30:4Genesis 1:1Psalms 102:25Psalms 104:5Hebrews 1:2Hebrews 1:10

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Ezekiel 16:4

(5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Job 11:9Job 28:25Proverbs 8:27Isaiah 40:12Isaiah 40:22Psalms 19:4Psalms 78:55Isaiah 34:11Zechariah 2:1Zechariah 2:2II Corinthians 10:16

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Isaiah 28:10Isaiah 28:13

(6) Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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Job 26:7I Samuel 2:8Psalms 24:2Psalms 93:1Psalms 104:5Zechariah 12:1II Peter 3:5Exodus 26:18Exodus 26:19Exodus 26:20Exodus 26:21Exodus 26:22

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Isaiah 28:16Jeremiah 51:26II Kings 12:12Psalms 118:22Ezekiel 40:42Haggai 2:15

(7) When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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Revelation 2:28Revelation 22:16Job 1:6Job 2:1Psalms 104:4Revelation 5:11Ezra 3:11Ezra 3:12Zechariah 4:7

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Isaiah 9:3

(8) Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
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Job 38:10Genesis 1:9Psalms 33:7Psalms 104:9Proverbs 8:29Jeremiah 5:22

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Nehemiah 6:10Job 3:10

(9) When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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Genesis 1:2

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Deuteronomy 4:11Deuteronomy 5:22Job 10:22Joel 2:2Zephaniah 1:15Matthew 6:23

(10) And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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Job 26:10Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:10Genesis 9:15Psalms 104:9Jeremiah 5:22

(11) And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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Psalms 65:6Psalms 65:7Psalms 93:3Psalms 93:4Proverbs 8:29Mark 4:39Mark 4:40Mark 4:41Job 1:22Job 2:6Psalms 76:10Psalms 89:9

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Isaiah 22:16

(12) Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
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Genesis 1:5Psalms 74:16Psalms 136:7Psalms 136:8Psalms 148:3Psalms 148:4Psalms 148:5Job 38:4Job 38:21Job 8:9Job 15:7Luke 1:78

(13) That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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Psalms 19:4Psalms 19:5Psalms 19:6Psalms 139:9Psalms 139:10Psalms 139:11Psalms 139:12Job 37:3Job 24:13Job 24:14Job 24:15Job 24:16

(14) It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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Psalms 104:2Psalms 104:6

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Leviticus 13:47

(15) And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Job 5:14Job 18:5Job 18:18Exodus 10:21Exodus 10:22Exodus 10:23II Kings 6:18Proverbs 4:19Isaiah 8:21Isaiah 8:22Jeremiah 13:16Acts 13:10

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Isaiah 30:26Psalms 44:3Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Job 31:22

(16) Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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Psalms 77:19Proverbs 8:24Jeremiah 51:36Job 26:5Job 26:6

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Joshua 15:19Judges 1:15

(17) Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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Psalms 9:13Psalms 107:18Psalms 116:3Job 3:5Job 12:22Psalms 23:4Psalms 107:10Psalms 107:14Amos 5:8Matthew 4:16

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Nehemiah 13:19Revelation 21:13Judges 3:25Nehemiah 7:3

(18) Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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Psalms 74:17Psalms 89:11Psalms 89:12Isaiah 40:28Jeremiah 31:37Revelation 20:9

(19) Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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Job 38:12Job 38:13Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:15Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:17Genesis 1:18Deuteronomy 4:19Isaiah 45:7John 1:9

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Job 10:22Isaiah 5:20Matthew 6:23John 12:35Isaiah 30:26Genesis 1:4

(20) That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
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Genesis 10:19Genesis 23:17

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Obadiah 1:12II Kings 14:10II Chronicles 25:19Job 7:17Job 10:3Ecclesiastes 5:5

(21) Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
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Job 38:4Job 38:12Job 15:7

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Ezekiel 16:4Ezekiel 16:5Revelation 13:18

(22) Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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Job 6:16Job 37:6Psalms 33:7Psalms 135:7

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I Kings 14:26I Kings 15:18II Kings 24:13I Chronicles 26:20II Chronicles 12:9II Chronicles 36:18

(23) Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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Job 36:31Job 36:13Exodus 9:18Exodus 9:24Joshua 10:11Isaiah 30:30Ezekiel 13:11Ezekiel 13:12Ezekiel 13:13Matthew 7:27Revelation 16:21

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I Chronicles 12:33II Chronicles 13:3

(24) By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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Job 38:12Job 38:13Jonah 4:8Matthew 24:27

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Isaiah 30:26Exodus 10:13Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Psalms 78:26

(25) Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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Job 28:26Job 36:27Job 36:28Job 37:3Job 37:4Job 37:5Job 37:6Psalms 29:3Psalms 29:4Psalms 29:5Psalms 29:6Psalms 29:7

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Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4

(26) To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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Psalms 104:10Psalms 104:11Psalms 104:12Psalms 104:13Psalms 104:14Psalms 107:35Psalms 147:8Psalms 147:9Isaiah 35:1Isaiah 35:2Isaiah 41:18Isaiah 41:19

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Joel 2:23Deuteronomy 11:14Amos 4:7Zechariah 10:1

(27) To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
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Ezekiel 6:6Ezekiel 29:12Jeremiah 12:11Ezekiel 19:7Ezekiel 36:35Isaiah 61:11

(28) Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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Job 38:8Job 5:9Job 5:10I Samuel 12:17I Samuel 12:18Psalms 65:9Psalms 65:10Jeremiah 5:24Jeremiah 10:13Jeremiah 14:22Joel 2:23Amos 4:7

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Joel 2:23Deuteronomy 11:14Deuteronomy 32:2Amos 4:7Zechariah 10:1

(29) Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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Job 38:8Job 6:16Job 37:10Psalms 147:16Psalms 147:17

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19

(30) The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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Job 37:10

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Psalms 69:2Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4Isaiah 28:16

(31) Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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Job 9:9Amos 5:8

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II Kings 24:2

(32) Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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II Kings 23:5Job 9:9

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Job 11:7Job 11:8Isaiah 33:19Daniel 5:16

(33) Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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Genesis 1:16Genesis 8:22Psalms 119:90Psalms 119:91Jeremiah 31:35Jeremiah 31:36Jeremiah 33:25Job 38:12Job 38:13

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Daniel 7:14Daniel 11:5

(34) Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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I Samuel 12:18Amos 5:8Zechariah 10:1James 5:18

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Job 22:11Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4

(35) Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
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Exodus 9:23Exodus 9:24Exodus 9:25Exodus 9:29Leviticus 10:2Numbers 11:1Numbers 16:35II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:14Revelation 11:5Revelation 11:6I Samuel 22:12

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Isaiah 6:8Isaiah 22:16

(36) Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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Job 32:8Psalms 51:6Proverbs 2:6Ecclesiastes 2:26James 1:5James 1:17Exodus 31:3Exodus 36:1Exodus 36:2Isaiah 28:26

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Psalms 51:6Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 4:30Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 10:13Daniel 5:11

(37) Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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Genesis 15:5Psalms 147:4Genesis 8:1Genesis 9:15

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Revelation 13:18Matthew 9:17Mark 2:22Isaiah 3:1I Kings 4:30Luke 5:37

(38) When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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Zechariah 8:19Mark 2:18

(39) Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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Job 4:10Job 4:11Psalms 34:10Psalms 104:21Psalms 145:15Psalms 145:16

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II Kings 8:12Nahum 2:11Numbers 23:24Job 4:10Psalms 17:12Isaiah 5:29

(40) When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Genesis 49:9Numbers 23:24Numbers 24:9

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John 15:4

(41) Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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Psalms 104:27Psalms 104:28Psalms 147:9Matthew 6:26Luke 12:24

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Deuteronomy 22:6Numbers 8:8II Kings 16:15Proverbs 6:8Genesis 41:48Genesis 47:24

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