Job 38 Comparison: Catholic Public Domain vs Douay-Rheims

Job 38

¹But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said:

²Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words?

³Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

⁴Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

⁵Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it?

⁶Upon what have its bases been grounded, and who set forth its cornerstone,

⁷when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise?

⁸Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb,

⁹when I stationed a cloud as its garment and wrapped it in a mist as if swaddling an infant?

¹⁰I encircled it with my limits, and I positioned its bars and doors.

¹¹And I said: “This far you will approach, and you will proceed no further, and here you will break your swelling waves.”

¹²Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?

¹³And did you hold the extremities of the earth, shaking them, and have you shaken the impious out of it?

¹⁴The seal will be restored like clay, and it will remain in place like a garment.

¹⁵From the impious, the light will be taken away, and the exalted arm will be broken.

¹⁶Have you entered the depths of the sea, and have you taken a walk in the uttermost parts of the abyss?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been opened to you, and have you seen the doors of darkness?

¹⁸Have you considered the breadth of the earth? If you know all things, reveal them to me.

¹⁹Which is the way that holds the light, and which is the place of darkness?

²⁰In this way, you might lead each thing to its final place, and understand the paths of its house.

²¹So then, did you know when you were to be born? And did you know the number of your days?

²²Have you been admitted into the storehouses of the snows, and have you gazed upon the stockpile of the brimstone,

²³which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, for the day of the battle and the war?

²⁴In what way is the light scattered, and the heat distributed, over the earth?

²⁵Who gave a course to the rainstorms, and a path to the resounding thunder,

²⁶so that it would rain on the earth far from man, in the wilderness where no mortal lingers,

²⁷so that it would fill impassable and desolate places, and would bring forth green plants?

²⁸Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew?

²⁹From whose womb did the ice proceed, and who created the frost from the air?

³⁰The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over.

³¹Will you have the strength to join together the sparkling stars of the Pleiades, or are you able to disperse the circling of Arcturus?

³²Can you bring forth the morning star, in its time, and make the evening star rise over the sons of the earth?

³³Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth?

³⁴Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you?

³⁵Can you send forth lightning bolts, and will they go, and on returning, say to you: “Here we are?”

³⁶Who placed discernment in the guts of man, or who gave the rooster intelligence?

³⁷Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven?

³⁸When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together?

³⁹Will you seize prey for the lioness, and will you sustain the lives of her young,

⁴⁰as they rest in their dens or lie in wait in pits?

⁴¹Who provides the raven with its meal, when her chicks cry out to God, as they wander around because they have no food?

Job 38

¹Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:

²Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

³Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

⁴Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

⁵Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it?

⁶Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

⁷When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?

⁸Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

⁹When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

¹⁰I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

¹¹And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

¹²Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

¹³And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

¹⁴The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment.

¹⁵From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

¹⁶Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

¹⁸Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things.

¹⁹Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness?

²⁰That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

²¹Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

²²Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail:

²³Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

²⁴By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?

²⁵Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:

²⁶That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

²⁷That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

²⁸Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

³⁰The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

³¹Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

³²Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

³³Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

³⁴Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

³⁵Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?

³⁶Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?

³⁷Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

³⁸When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

³⁹Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

⁴⁰When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?

⁴¹Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?