Orthodox Jewish Bible

Iyov 38:18-34 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

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)?

29. Out of whose beten cometh the ice? And the frost of Shomayim, who giveth birth to it?

30. The mayim harden like even (stone), and the face of tehom is frozen.

31. Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bonds of Orion?

32. Canst thou bring forth Mazzarot in their times? Or canst thou guide the Bear with its banim?

33. Knowest thou the chukkot of Shomayim? Canst thou set the rule over ha'aretz?

34. Canst thou lift up thy kol (voice) to the clouds, that abundance of mayim may cover thee?