Orthodox Jewish Bible

Iyov 38:15-28 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

15. And from the resha'im their ohr is denied, and the upraised zero'a shall be broken.

16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the yam? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the tehom?

17. Have the sha'arei mavet been disclosed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the sha'arei tzalmavet?

18. Hast thou perceived the expanse of eretz? Tell Me if thou hast da'as of it all.

19. Where is the derech where ohr dwelleth? And as for choshech, where is the place thereof,

20. That thou shouldest take it to its border, and that thou shouldest have da'as of the paths to its bais?

21. Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? Or because the mispar of thy yamim is so great?

22. Hast thou entered into the otzrot (storehouses) of the snow? Or hast thou seen the otzrot of barad (hail),

23. Which I have reserved for the time of tzar, for the yom kerav (battle) and milchamah (war)?

24. Which is the derech where the ohr is distributed, where is scattered the east wind upon eretz?

25. Who hath cut a channel for the overflowing of waters, or a derech for the lightning of thunder,

26. To cause it to rain on eretz, where lo ish is; on midbar, wherein there is lo adam;

27. To saturate a desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the desheh to spring forth?

28. Hath the rain an av? Or who hath begotten the drops of tal (dew)?