Job 38

“Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,” Naming Job keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.” Naming Gird keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,” The line’s distinctive content terms include cloud, darkness, garment. Its relationship to verses 8 and 10 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,” The line’s distinctive content terms include bars, brake, decreed. Its relationship to verses 9 and 11 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.” The line’s distinctive content terms include clay, garment, seal. Its relationship to verses 13 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;” The line’s distinctive content terms include divided, lightning, overflowing. Its relationship to verses 24 and 26 shows what work it does in this passage.

“To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;” The line’s distinctive content terms include cause, earth, rain. Its relationship to verses 25 and 27 shows what work it does in this passage.

“To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.” The line’s distinctive content terms include deep, face, frozen. Its relationship to verses 29 and 31 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.