Job 38
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- 1Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,
- 2Who is this that obscures counsel with words lacking knowledge?
- 3Prepare yourself like a man, for I will question you, and you shall answer me.
- 4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
- 5Who has determined its measurements, if you know? Or who has stretched the line upon it?
- 6On what are its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone?
- 7when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- 8Or who enclosed the sea with doors when it burst forth, as if it had come out of the womb?
- 9When I made the cloud its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
- 10and broke open my decreed place for it, and set bars and doors,
- 11and said, 'This far you shall come, but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
- 12Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place?
- 13that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
- 14It is changed like clay under a seal, and they take shape like a garment.
- 15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
- 16Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the search of the depth?
- 17Have the gates of death been opened to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
- 18Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all.
- 19Where is the way where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is its place,
- 20that you should take it to its boundary and know the paths to its house?
- 21Do you know it because you were born then, or because your days are so many?
- 22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
- 23which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
- 24By what path is the light divided, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?
- 25Who has divided a channel for the overflowing waters, or a path for the lightning of thunder?
- 26to cause it to rain on the earth where no man is, on the wilderness where there is no man,
- 27to satisfy the barren and waste ground, and to make the bud of the tender herb sprout?
- 28Does the rain have a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
- 29Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has brought it forth?
- 30The waters are hidden as if covered by a stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen.
- 31Can you bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?
- 32Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
- 33Do you know the laws of heaven? Can you establish its rule on the earth?
- 34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
- 35Can you send lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'?
- 36Who has placed wisdom within? Or who has given understanding to the heart?
- 37Who can count the clouds with wisdom? Or who can stop the jars of heaven,
- 38when the dust hardens, and the clods stick tightly together?
- 39Will you hunt the prey for the lion or satisfy the hunger of the young lions?
- 40when they crouch in their dens and stay hidden to lie in wait?
- 41Who provides the raven with its food? When its young ones cry to God, they wander for lack of food.