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38:1  Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
38:2  Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
38:3  Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
38:4  Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
38:5  Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it?
38:6  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
38:7  When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
38:8  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
38:9  When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it,
38:10  And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
38:11  And said, Till now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
38:12  Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
38:13  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
38:14  It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
38:15  And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
38:16  Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?
38:17  Have the gates of death been opened to you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
38:18  Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.
38:19  Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
38:20  That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?
38:21  Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
38:22  Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
38:23  Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
38:24  By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind on the earth?
38:25  Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
38:26  To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
38:27  To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
38:28  Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?
38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?
38:30  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
38:31  Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
38:32  Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
38:33  Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?
38:34  Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
38:35  Can you send lightning, that they may go and say to you, Here we are?
38:36  Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?
38:37  Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38:38  When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together?
38:39  Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
38:40  When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
38:41  Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for lack of meat.