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 Job 38:1 |
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: |
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Job 38:2 |
"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? |
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Job 38:3 |
Dress for action [fn] like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. |
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Job 38:4 |
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. |
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Job 38:5 |
Who determined its measurements--surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? |
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Job 38:6 |
On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, |
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Job 38:7 |
when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
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Job 38:8 |
"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, |
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Job 38:9 |
when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, |
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Job 38:10 |
and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, |
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Job 38:11 |
and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'? |
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Job 38:12 |
"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, |
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Job 38:13 |
that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? |
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Job 38:14 |
It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. |
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Job 38:15 |
From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. |
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Job 38:16 |
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep? |
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Job 38:17 |
Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? |
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Job 38:18 |
Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. |
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Job 38:19 |
"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, |
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Job 38:20 |
that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home? |
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Job 38:21 |
You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! |
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Job 38:22 |
"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, |
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Job 38:23 |
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? |
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Job 38:24 |
What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? |
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Job 38:25 |
"Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt, |
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Job 38:26 |
to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man, |
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Job 38:27 |
to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass? |
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Job 38:28 |
"Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? |
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Job 38:29 |
From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven? |
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Job 38:30 |
The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. |
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Job 38:31 |
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? |
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Job 38:32 |
Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth [fn] in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? |
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Job 38:33 |
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? |
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Job 38:34 |
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? |
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Job 38:35 |
Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? |
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Job 38:36 |
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts [fn] or given understanding to the mind? [fn] |
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Job 38:37 |
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, |
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Job 38:38 |
when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together? |
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Job 38:39 |
"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
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Job 38:40 |
when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket? |
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Job 38:41 |
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food? |
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Job - Chapter 38
   
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