But Job, you don’t know these things.\par All you know is that you sweat,\par your clothes stick to you,\par and everything is still and quiet\par when the heat wave comes\par from the south.\par
Job 37:18 - Easy To Read Version Job, can you help God spread out the sky,\par and make it shine like polished brass?\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Can you along with Him spread out the sky, [which is] strong as a molten mirror? American Standard Version (1901) Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror? Common English Bible Can you form the sky with him, hard like a mirror made of metal? Catholic Public Domain Version Perhaps you have made the heavens with him, which are very solid, as if they had been cast from brass. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass. |
But Job, you don’t know these things.\par All you know is that you sweat,\par your clothes stick to you,\par and everything is still and quiet\par when the heat wave comes\par from the south.\par
You wear light like a person wears a robe.\par You spread the skies like a curtain.\par
Praise the Lord!\par Praise God in his temple!\par Praise his power in heaven!\par
He made the bowl and its base with bronze. [419] He used the bronze mirrors that the women gave. These were the women that served at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. [420]
I was there when the Lord\par made the skies.\par I was there when the Lord\par drew the circle around the land\par and set the limits for the ocean.\par
Who measured the oceans\par in the palm of his hand?\par Who used his hand to measure the sky?\par Who used a bowl to measure all the dust\par of the earth?\par Who used measuring scales to measure\par the mountains and hills?\par \{It was the Lord!\}\par
\{The Lord is the true God!\}\par He sits above the circle of the earth,\par \{and compared to him\}\par people are like grasshoppers.\par He rolled open the skies\par like a piece of cloth.\par He stretched the skies\par like a tent to sit under.\par
The Lord made you what you are.\par The Lord did this while you\par were still in your mother’s body.\par The Lord says,\par “I, the Lord, made everything!\par I put the skies there myself!\par I spread the earth before me.”\par
\{So, look\}!\par I made the earth.\par And I made all the people living on it.\par I used my own hands\par and made the skies.\par And I command all the armies in the sky. {\cf2\super [405]} \par
God is the One who used his power\par and made the earth.\par God used his wisdom and built the world.\par With his understanding,\par God stretched out the sky \{over the earth\}.\par
The sad message from the Lord about Israel. The Lord made the sky and the earth. He put man’s spirit in him. And the Lord said these things.