JOB-38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and 
said,



JOB-38:2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without 
knowledge?



JOB-38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of 
thee, and answer thou me.



JOB-38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the 
earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.



JOB-38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or 
who hath stretched the line upon it?



JOB-38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who 
laid the corner stone thereof;



JOB-38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons 
of God shouted for joy?



JOB-38:8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake 
forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?



JOB-38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick 
darkness a swaddlingband for it,



JOB-38:10 And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars 
and doors,



JOB-38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: 
and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?



JOB-38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] 
caused the dayspring to know his place;



JOB-38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that 
the wicked might be shaken out of it?



JOB-38:14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as 
a garment.



JOB-38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the 
high arm shall be broken.



JOB-38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast 
thou walked in the search of the depth?



JOB-38:17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast 
thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?



JOB-38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare 
if thou knowest it all.



JOB-38:19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as 
for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,



JOB-38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and 
that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?



JOB-38:21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or 
[because] the number of thy days [is] great?



JOB-38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or 
hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,



JOB-38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, 
against the day of battle and war?



JOB-38:24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth 
the east wind upon the earth?



JOB-38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of 
waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;



JOB-38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; 
on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;



JOB-38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to 
cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?



JOB-38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops 
of dew?



JOB-38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of 
heaven, who hath gendered it?



JOB-38:30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of 
the deep is frozen.



JOB-38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or 
loose the bands of Orion?



JOB-38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or 
canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?



JOB-38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set 
the dominion thereof in the earth?



JOB-38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that 
abundance of waters may cover thee?



JOB-38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say 
unto thee, Here we [are]?



JOB-38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath 
given understanding to the heart?



JOB-38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay 
the bottles of heaven,



JOB-38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods 
cleave fast together?



JOB-38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the 
appetite of the young lions,



JOB-38:40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the 
covert to lie in wait?



JOB-38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young 
ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. 1

 

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