The Tanakh

איוב ל״חJob 38

Chapter 38 of 42 in Job — 41 verses

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Total gematria: 77,895
Letters: 1,126
Words: 299
Verses: 41
Per word average: 260.52

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Verse 1א׳Standard1,269

וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב מנ הסערה וַיֹּאמַֽר

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

Verse 2ב׳Standard1,253

מִי זֶה מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

Verse 3ג׳Standard1,161

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.

Verse 4ד׳Standard1,502

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.

Verse 5ה׳Standard1,335

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?

Verse 6ו׳Standard1,167

עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הָטְבָּעוּ אוֹ מִֽי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ

Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

Verse 7ז׳Standard1,134

בְּרָן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים

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

Verse 8ח׳Standard1,050

וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא

Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;

Verse 9ט׳Standard2,096

בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ

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

Verse 10י׳Standard1,810

וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָֽאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם

And prescribed for it My decree, And set bars and doors,

Verse 11י״אStandard2,334

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’?

Verse 12י״בStandard2,116

הְֽמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר ידעתה שחר מְקֹמֽוֹ

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

Verse 13י״גStandard1,997

לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּֽנָּה

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

Verse 14י״דStandard2,555

תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִֽתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבֽוּשׁ

It is changed as clay under the seal; And they stand as a garment.

Verse 15ט״וStandard2,519

וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁעִים אוֹרָם וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר

But from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

Verse 16ט״זStandard2,241

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? .

Verse 17י״זStandard2,928

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?

Verse 18י״חStandard2,084

הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ

Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

Verse 19י״טStandard1,382

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;

Verse 20כ׳Standard2,456

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?

Verse 21כ״אStandard1,680

יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים

Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

Verse 22כ״בStandard2,984

הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶג וְאֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶֽה

Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

Verse 23כ״גStandard2,546

אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָֽה

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

Verse 24כ״דStandard1,342

אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹר יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ

By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Verse 25כ״הStandard1,915

מִֽי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת

Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Verse 26כ״וStandard1,357

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;

Verse 27כ״זStandard1,700

לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא

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

Verse 28כ״חStandard792

הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל

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

Verse 29כ״טStandard1,361

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?

Verse 30ל׳Standard1,657

כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ

The waters are congealed like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

Verse 31ל״אStandard3,431

הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ

Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

Verse 32ל״בStandard2,688

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?

Verse 33ל״גStandard3,032

הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָֽרֶץ

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

Verse 34ל״דStandard2,359

הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ

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

Verse 35ל״הStandard1,591

הַֽתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּֽנוּ

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee: ‘Here we are’?

Verse 36ל״וStandard2,238

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?

Verse 37ל״זStandard1,813

מִֽי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחָכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּֽיב

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Verse 38ל״חStandard1,591

בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

Verse 39ל״טStandard2,122

הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Verse 40מ׳Standard1,612

כִּי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹת יֵשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב

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

Verse 41מ״אStandard1,695

מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּֽי־ילדו 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?

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.