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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  Now gird up thy loins like a man; for I will enquire of thee, and answer thou me.
38:4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding.
38:5  Who ordered its dimensions, if thou knowest? Or who has stretched the line upon it?
38:6  Upon what are its foundations founded? Or who laid its corner stone;
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 clouds its garment and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
38:10  and established my decree upon it, and set bars and doors,
38:11  and said, Thou shalt come unto here, but no further; and there shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.
38:12  Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days? Hast thou shown the dayspring its 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 transformed as clay to the seal and then stands as a garment;
38:15  but the light of the wicked is taken from them, and the high arm is broken.
38:16  Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked searching out the deep?
38:17  Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
38:18  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
38:19  Where is the way to the habitation of the light, and where is the place of the darkness?
38:20  If thou shalt take it in its borders, and if thou should understand the paths to its house?
38:21  If thou didst know when thou wast to be born or if the number of thy days was to be great?
38:22  Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow, and hast thou 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 divided; from where is the east wind scattered upon 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, in which 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 the dew?
38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice, and the hoary frost of heaven, who has begotten it?
38:30  The waters harden as stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
38:31  Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
38:32  Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
38:33  Dost thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou use its power in the earth?
38:34  Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
38:35  Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
38:36  Who put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who gave intelligence to understanding?
38:37  Who declared the heavens in wisdom? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven
38:38  when the dust hardens and the clods cleave fast together?
38:39  Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite of the young lions,
38:40  when they crouch in their dens and abide in their lairs to lie in wait?
38:41  Who provided food for the raven; when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food?