Ayub 38:1

VI. The Divine Speeches (38:1-42:6)

The Lord’s First Speech¹

38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:²

Ayub 38:4

God’s questions to Job

38:4 “Where were you

when I laid the foundation³ of the earth?

Tell me,⁴ if you possess understanding!

38:12 Have you ever in your life⁵ commanded the morning,

or made the dawn know⁶ its place,

38:13 that it might seize the corners of the earth,⁷

and shake the wicked out of it?