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Job 38 :: King James Version (KJV)

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God Speaks Now to Job

(Gen 1:1–10 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 - Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:9 - When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

God's Mighty Power

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 - It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:18 - Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:20 - That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:21 - Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:22 - Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:25 - Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 - To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 - Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33 - Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:34 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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