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The LORD Challenges Job

Job 38:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
KJV
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
WEB
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
ASV
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
LSV
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
YLT
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
DBY
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
DRC
Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
GNV
Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
JPS
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
LXXE
And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,

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  • Written (Ketiv): מִנ (“from”). Read aloud (Qere): מִ֥ן׀ (“from”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Leningrad Codex reads מִ֥ן׀; read aloud (Qere) reads מִ֥ן׀ (“from”).
  • Leningrad Codex reads הַסְּעָרָ֗ה; read aloud (Qere) reads הַסְּעָרָ֗ה (“the tempest”).
  • Written (Ketiv): הַסְּעָרָה. Read aloud (Qere): הַסְּעָרָ֗ה (“the tempest”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מנ הסערה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Marks a word with a final consonant that is a medial (not a final) form.Read aloud as (qere): מִ֥ן הַסְּעָרָ֗ה
LXX-Br
Μετὰ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἐλιοὺν τῆς λέξεως, εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν,

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  • Job 40:6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
  • 1 Kings 19:11Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD…
  • Job 37:1–2“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
  • 2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
  • Exodus 19:16–19On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. Then Moses…
  • Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
  • Deuteronomy 4:11–12You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but…
  • Ezekiel 1:4I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
  • 2 Kings 2:1Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
  • Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
  • Deuteronomy 5:22–24The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them…
  • Job 37:14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

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