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  • 1. And 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; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
  • 4. Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
  • 5. Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
  • 6. Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
  • 7. When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
  • 8. And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
  • 9. When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
  • 10. When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
  • 11. And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
  • 12. Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
  • 13. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
  • 14. It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
  • 15. And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
  • 16. Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
  • 17. Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
  • 18. Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
  • 19. Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
  • 20. That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
  • 21. Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
  • 22. Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
  • 23. Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
  • 24. By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
  • 25. Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
  • 26. To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
  • 27. To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
  • 28. Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
  • 29. Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
  • 30. When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
  • 31. Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
  • 32. Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
  • 33. Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
  • 34. Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
  • 35. Dost 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 numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
  • 38. When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
  • 39. Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
  • 40. When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
  • 41. Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto �God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?