Kniha Jób

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(UKJV - Anglický - Updated King James)

Jób 38, 1-41

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 "Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me. " 4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding. 5 Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has 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, Until now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed? 12 "Have you commanded the morning since your 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 withheld, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 20 That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof? 21 Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great? 22 Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you 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 scatters the east wind upon the earth? 25 "Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way 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 waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? " 28 Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it? 30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. 31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth? 34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you? 35 Can you send lightnings, that they may go and say unto you, Here we are? 36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has 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 grows into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? 39 Will you 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 provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food.

Verš 33

Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Jer 31:35 - "Thus says the LORD, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: "

Verš 2

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Jób 42:3 - "Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. "

Verš 4

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.

Prís 8:29 - When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Verš 39

Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Ž 104:21 - The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

Verš 8

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Gn 1:9 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Jób 26:10 - He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Ž 33:7 - He gathers the waters of the sea together as an heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses.

Ž 104:9 - "You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. "

Prís 8:29 - When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Jer 5:22 - "Fear all of you not me? says the LORD: will all of you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? "

Verš 41

Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food.

Ž 147:9 - He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Mt 6:26 - "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are all of you not much better than they? "

Verš 36

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?

Jób 32:8 - But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding.

Kaz 2:26 - For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Dan 1:17 - As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Verš 27

"To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? "

Ž 107:35 - He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into fountains.

Verš 31

Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Jób 9:9 - Which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

Am 5:8 - Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

Job 38,7 - Najobvyklejší obraz stvorenia sveta predstavuje Boha ako budovateľa domu (4–6). Keď budovateľ zapustil do budovy uholný kameň, konala sa za spevu slávnosť (porov. Zach 4,7). V Palestíne podnes sprevádzajú kladenie posledných kameňov do klenby striedavými piesňami (Hejčl, Biblie, č. III, 997). Pri zakončovaní budovania vesmíru spievali hviezdy a anjeli na slávu Bohu.

Job 38,14 - Nádheru farieb, ktorá sa zjaví pri rannej zore, porovnáva spisovateľ s červenou pečatnou hlinou. Zmeneným hláskovaním dostaneme však nový obraz, ktorý sa zdá priliehavejším na tomto mieste. Ide tu asi o porovnanie s červeným vínom (Prís 23,31), ktoré sa postupne čistí, ak je uzavreté, a postupne sa v ňom vyvíja utešená farba.

Job 38,21 - Ide o ironickú poznámku o krátkom veku ľudského života.

Job 38,23 - Možno, že verš naráža na Joz 10,11.

Job 38,36 - Zdôrazňuje poriadok, ktorým sa prejavujú sily prírody, akoby podľa rozvahy vyvíjajú svoju činnosť, na svoj čas určenú. Iní prekladajú: Ktože vložil do mrakov múdrosť a ktože požičal mračnám rozvahu? – Iní zasa miesto "mrakov" a "mračien" chcú čítať slová: utajenosť a zjavný dej. Preto prekladajú: Kto vložil do utajenosti múdrosť a kto požičal zjavnému dianiu rozvahu? – V pravidelnosti prírodných javov zračí sa múdrosť toho, kto prírode stanovil jej zákonitosť.