Job 38:1
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 38:2
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
Job 38:4
Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.
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Who determined the measures of it, if thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
Job 38:6
Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the cornerstone of it
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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 broke forth, like it had issued out of the womb,
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when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
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and marked out for it my bound, and set bars and doors,
Job 38:11
and said, This far thou shall come, but no farther, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?
Job 38:12
Have thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place
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that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
Job 38:14
It is changed as clay under the seal, and all things stand forth as a garment.
Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm is broken.
Job 38:16
Have thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or have thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been revealed to thee? Or have thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Job 38:18
Have thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou know it all.
Job 38:19
Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it
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that thou should take it to the bound of it, and that thou should discern the paths to the house of it?
Job 38:21
Thou know, for thou were born then, and the number of thy days is great!
Job 38:22
Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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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 divided, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Job 38:25
Who has cleft a channel for the water flood, or the way for the lightning of the thunder,
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to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
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to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Job 38:28
Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has engendered it?
Job 38:30
The waters hide themselves and become like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Job 38:31
Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Job 38:32
Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?
Job 38:33
Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?
Job 38:34
Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job 38:35
Can thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?
Job 38:36
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven
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when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
Job 38:39
Can thou hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
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when they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Who provides for the raven his prey when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?