---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Job from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 38
verse_count: 41
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Job, chap. 38, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Job 38

*The Lord answereth Job.*

**1** THI the Lord answered Job out oi the whirlwind, and said,
**2** Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
**3** Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I 11 demand of thee, and answer thou me.
**4** Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
**5** Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
**6** Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner-stone thereof;
**7** When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
**8** Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
**9** When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
**10** And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
**11** And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
**12** Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days: and caused the dayspring to know his place;
**13** That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
**14** It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
**15** And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
**16** Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
**17** Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
**18** Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
**19** Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
**20** That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
**21** Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
**22** Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
**23** Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
**24** By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
**25** Who hath divided a water-course for the overflowing of waters, or away for the lightning of thunder;
**26** To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is; on the wilderness wherein there is no man;
**27** To satisfy the desolate and wast ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
**28** Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
**29** Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
**30** The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
**31** Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
**32** Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
**33** Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
**34** Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
**35** Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
**36** Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
**37** Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
**38** When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
**39** Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
**40** When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
**41** Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.