伯38:1 那时，耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：
伯38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
伯38:2 “谁用无知的言语使我的旨意暗昧不明？
伯38:2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
伯38:3 你要如勇士束腰；我问你，你可以指示我。
伯38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
伯38:4 我立大地根基的时候，你在哪里呢？你若有聪明，只管说吧！
伯38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
伯38:5 你若晓得就说，是谁定地的尺度？是谁把准绳拉在其上？
伯38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
伯38:6 地的根基安置在何处？地的角石是谁安放的？
伯38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
伯38:7 那时，晨星一同歌唱， 神的众子也都欢呼。
伯38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
伯38:8 海水冲出，如出胎胞，那时，谁将它关闭呢？
伯38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
伯38:9 是我用云彩当海的衣服，用幽暗当包裹它的布，
伯38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
伯38:10 为它定界限，又安门和闩，
伯38:10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
伯38:11 说：‘你只可到这里，不可越过，你狂傲的浪要到此止住。’
伯38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
伯38:12 你自生以来，曾命定晨光，使清晨的日光知道本位，
伯38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
伯38:13 叫这光普照地的四极，将恶人从其中驱逐出来吗？
伯38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
伯38:14 因这光，地面改变如泥上印印，万物出现如衣服一样。
伯38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
伯38:15 亮光不照恶人，强横的膀臂也必折断。
伯38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
伯38:16 你曾进到海源，或在深渊的隐密处行走吗？
伯38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
伯38:17 死亡的门曾向你显露吗？死荫的门你曾见过吗？
伯38:17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
伯38:18 地的广大你能明透吗？你若全知道，只管说吧！
伯38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
伯38:19 光明的居所从何而至？黑暗的本位在于何处？
伯38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
伯38:20 你能带到本境，能看明其室之路吗？
伯38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
伯38:21 你总知道，因为你早已生在世上，你日子的数目也多。
伯38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
伯38:22 你曾进入雪库，或见过雹仓吗？
伯38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
伯38:23 这雪雹乃是我为降灾，并打仗和争战的日子所预备的。
伯38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
伯38:24 光亮从何路分开？东风从何路分散遍地？
伯38:24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
伯38:25 谁为雨水分道？谁为雷电开路，
伯38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
伯38:26 使雨降在无人之地、无人居住的旷野？
伯38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
伯38:27 使荒废凄凉之地得以丰足，青草得以发生？
伯38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
伯38:28 雨有父吗？露水珠是谁生的呢？
伯38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
伯38:29 冰出于谁的胎？天上的霜是谁生的呢？
伯38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
伯38:30 诸水坚硬（或作“隐藏”）如石头，深渊之面凝结成冰。
伯38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
伯38:31 你能系住昴星的结吗？能解开参星的带吗？
伯38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
伯38:32 你能按时领出十二宫吗？能引导北斗和随它的众星吗（“星”原文作“子”）？
伯38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
伯38:33 你知道天的定例吗？能使地归在天的权下吗？
伯38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
伯38:34 你能向云彩扬起声来，使倾盆的雨遮盖你吗？
伯38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
伯38:35 你能发出闪电，叫它行去，使它对你说，我们在这里？
伯38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
伯38:36 谁将智慧放在怀中？谁将聪明赐于心内？
伯38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
伯38:37 谁能用智慧数算云彩呢。尘土聚集成团，
伯38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
伯38:38 土块紧紧结连。那时，谁能倾倒天上的瓶呢。
伯38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
伯38:39 母狮子在洞中蹲伏，少壮狮子在隐密处埋伏。
伯38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
伯38:40 你能为它们抓取食物，使它们饱足吗。
伯38:40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
伯38:41 乌鸦之雏，因无食物飞来飞去，哀告 神；那时，谁为它预备食物呢？
伯38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.