- 1. ¶ THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
- 2. Who is this that gives counsel by words without knowledge?
- 3. Gird up your loins now, like a valiant man; for I will question you, and you shall answer me.
- 4. ¶ Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
- 5. Who has laid its measures, if you know? Or who has stretched the line upon it?
- 6. Upon what are its limits resting? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof?
- 7. When did I create the morning stars, and all the angels shouted for joy?
- 8. Or who shut up the sea with gates, when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb?
- 9. When I made the cloud the garment of the earth, and thick darkness a swaddling hand for it,
- 10. And prescribed limits for it, and set bars and doors,
- 11. And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
- 12. ¶ Have you commanded the dawn since your days began; or do you know the place of the morning;
- 13. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be thrown out of it?
- 14. So that their bodies shall be turned into clay, and be thrown into a heap.
- 15. The light of sinners shall be withheld, and the arm of the arrogant shall be broken.
- 16. Have you entered into the depths of the sea? Or have you walked in the foundations of the deep?
- 17. Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
- 18. Have you seen the whole breadth of the earth? Declare to me if you know it all.
- 19. Where is the dwelling place of light, and where is the place of darkness?
- 20. Do you know its borders and the path to its house?
- 21. Do you remember when you were born, and do you know if you will live many days?
- 22. Have you entered into the chambers of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,
- 23. Which are reserved against the time of distress, against the day of battle and war?
- 24. Or in what manner is light distributed, and whence the wind comes forth upon the earth?
- 25. ¶ Who causes a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder?
- 26. Who causes it to rain on a land where no man is, in the wilderness where there is no inhabitant,
- 27. To saturate every thicket, and cause the tender grass to spring up?
- 28. Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
- 29. Out of whose womb did the dew and ice come forth? And who begot the hoary frost of heaven?
- 30. The waters are hardened like a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
- 31. Can you stop the movement of the Pleiades, or have you seen the path of Orion?
- 32. Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you stand in the paths of Aldebaran?
- 33. Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you make ordinances for the earth?
- 34. Can you lift up your voice to the clouds? Or can you cover them with abundance of waters?
- 35. Can you send forth the lightnings, that they may go, and say to you. Here we are?
- 36. Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given vision to understanding?
- 37. Who has numbered the clouds by his wisdom? And who has raised the pillars of heaven?
- 38. Who has poured out soil upon the earth, and who has made the steep rocks?
- 39. Who has given prey for the lion? Or filled the appetite of the young lions?
- 40. Who has multiplied the beasts in the field? Or who has provided food for the raven?
- 41. For its young ones cry to God, and faint for lack of food.
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