| 1 | Then the LORD answered Job out of 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 will 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 swaddlingband 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 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 | 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.
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