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