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38:1  Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
38:2  “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
38:3  Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou Me.
38:4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
38:5  Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it?
38:6  “Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the cornerstone 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 band for it,
38:10  and broke up for it My decreed place, and set bars and doors,
38:11  and said, ‘Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed’?
38:12  “Hast thou commanded the morning since thy 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 under the seal; and they stand out as a garment.
38:15  And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
38:16  “Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depths?
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 where light dwelleth? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
38:20  that thou shouldest take it to the boundary thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
38:21  Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born, or because the number of thy days is great?
38:22  “Hast thou entered into the treasure house of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasure house 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 scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
38:25  Who hath 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  “Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath engendered it?
38:30  The waters are hid as with a 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 Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
38:33  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? Canst thou set the dominion thereof over 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 hath put wisdom in the inward parts, or who hath given understanding to the heart?
38:37  Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38:38  when the dust groweth into hardness, 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 the covert to lie in wait?
38:41  Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of meat?