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Job 38

Job 38:21

The LORD Challenges Job · Job 38:1–41
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Translations

Modern
Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
Traditional
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Literal
You must know it, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
Latin
Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses, et numerum dierum tuorum noveras?

Original

Hebrew
English
Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

Notes

Job 38:21

you were already born: Compare with Proverbs 8:25. This sarcasm is similar to Eliphaz's words in Job 15:7.

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To