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Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, (38:1)

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

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

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding (38:4)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment (38:14)

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken (38:15)

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

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

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all (38:18)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? (38:38)

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

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

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat (38:41)

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