- 1. Then Jehovah 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 declare thou unto me.
- 4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
- 5. Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
- 6. Whereupon were 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 clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
- 10. And marked out for it my bound, 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 [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;
- 13. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
- 14. It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:
- 15. And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
- 16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
- 17. Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
- 18. Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
- 19. Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- 20. That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
- 21. [Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
- 22. Hast thou entered the treasuries 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, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
- 25. Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
- 26. To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
- 27. To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass 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 hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
- 31. Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
- 32. Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
- 33. Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish 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 forth 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 mind?
- 37. Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
- 38. When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
- 39. Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy 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 prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?
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