Job 34:13 Cross References - Thomson

¹³ Now who is this maker of the World and of all the things therein?

¹¹ To thee, Lord, be ascribed greatness, and power, and exultation, and victory, and majesty; for thou hast dominion over all things in heaven and on earth. At thy presence every king and nation is struck with awe.

²³ Or who can say, He hath done unjust things?

⁴ Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? And tell me, if thou hast understanding, ⁵ who settled the measures of it? Dost thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it? ⁶ To what are the hooks of it fastened? And who laid the corner stone thereof? ⁷ When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice. ⁸ It was I who shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed eagerly from its mother's womb. ⁹ It was I who made a cloud its cloathing; and thick darkness its swaddling bands. ¹⁰ It was I who set bounds to it; surrounded it with bars and gates; ¹¹ and said to it, Thus far thou shalt come and no farther: but in thyself thy waves shall be spent. ¹² Was it in concert with thee that I ordered the morning light; and that the day spring knew its appointed time ¹³ to tinge the wings of the earth; to scare the wicked from it? ¹⁴ Didst thou take clay of the earth and form an animal and place on the earth a creature endowed with speech? ¹⁵ Hast thou withdrawn the light from the wicked, and broken in pieces the arms of the haughty? ¹⁶ Hast thou gone to the head spring of the sea; and walked in the footsteps of the abyss? ¹⁷ Are the gates of Hades opened to thee through fear, and are the porters of Hades struck with awe at seeing thee? ¹⁸ Hast thou informed thyself of the breadth of that under heaven? Tell me then what is the extent of it. ¹⁹ In what country doth light make its abode, and of what sort is the place of darkness? ²⁰ If thou wouldst lead me to their borders, and if thou knewest their paths; ²¹ I would know that thou wast then born, and that the number of thy years is great. ²² Hast thou gone to the treasuries of snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of hail? ²³ Are they stored up for thee, for a time of enemies; for a day of battles and combat? ²⁴ From what place doth hoar frost issue, or whence is the south wind scattered over the earth? ²⁵ Who hath prepared a course for the tempest, ²⁶ and a way for impetuous storms to water the ground, where there is not a man; the desert where no man dwelleth; to saturate an untrodden, uninhabited land ²⁷ and cause the bud of the tender herb to spring? ²⁸ Who is the father of rain, and who hath begotten the drops of dew? ²⁹ From whose womb doth ice proceed, and who in the sky hath brought forth hail ³⁰ which descendeth like a shower? Who hath struck with terror the face of the wicked? ³¹ Dost thou know the band of Pleias, or hast thou opened the hedge of Orion? ³² Canst thou cause Mazouroth to come forth in his season, or drag out Hesperus by his hair? ³³ Dost thou know the revolutions of heaven, or the things on earth corresponding to them? ³⁴ Canst thou summon a cloud with thy voice, and will it, with the trembling of a water spout, answer thee? ³⁵ Canst thou despatch thunders, that they may go, and will they say to thee, Here we are? ³⁶ Who hath given woman a skill in weaving, and a knowledge of the art of embroidering? ³⁷ Who is it who numbereth the clouds with wisdom, and hath caused the heaven to incline to the earth, ³⁸ when the earth was poured out like dust, and when I have glued the very clod as for a stone? ³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for lions, or satisfy the appetites of dragons? ⁴⁰ For they are trembling for fear in their dens, and lying in ambush in their coverts. ⁴¹ Who hath provided food for the raven? For his young have cried to the Lord, wandering about in search of provisions.

⁸ Decline not the trial with Me. Dost thou think that I have spoken to thee for any other purpose, but that thou mayst appear justified? ⁹ Hast thou an arm to contend against the Lord, or dost thou thunder with a voice against Him? ¹⁰ Assume then majesty and power, and array thyself with glory and excellence; ¹¹ and send forth angels in wrath, and humble everyone who is insolent.

²³ Before this age he founded me; in the beginning; before he made the earth ²⁴ and before he made the deeps: before the fountains of water issued forth; ²⁵ before the mountains were established; and before all the hills, he bringeth me forth. ²⁶ The Lord made fields and uninhabited wilds; and the habitable heights of the earth. ²⁷ When he furnished the heaven, I was with him; and when he set apart his own throne on the winds: ²⁸ and when he strengthened the clouds above: ²⁹ and when he secured the fountains of the earth below; And when he made the foundations of the earth strong: ³⁰ I was harmonizing with him. I was the one in whom he delighted;

¹³ Who hath known the mind of the Lord? and who hath been of his counsel to teach him? ¹⁴ or whom hath he consulted that he might instruct him? or who hath pointed out judgment to him? or who hath shewn him the way of knowledge?

³⁵ and all the inhabitants of the earth are reckoned as nothing; and he doth according to his pleasure in the army of heaven and in the habitations of the earth; and there is none who can stay his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done.

³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord"? Or who hath been his counsellor? ³⁵ Or who hath first given to him, that in return he may receive a recompense? ³⁶ Because of him, and by him, and for him are all things; to him be the glory forever, Amen;