| Chapter 38 |
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And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, |
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? |
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Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me. |
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Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. |
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Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? |
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Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, |
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When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
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And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? |
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When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; |
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When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, |
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? |
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Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place, |
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it? |
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It is changed like the signet-clay; and all things stand forth as in a garment: |
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken. |
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Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? |
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Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? |
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Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all. |
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Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, |
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That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house? |
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Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! |
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Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, |
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Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war? |
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By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth? |
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Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder`s flash; |
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To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man; |
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth? |
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Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew? |
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Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth? |
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When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together. |
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Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? |
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Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons? |
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Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth? |
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Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee? |
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Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? |
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? |
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Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, |
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When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together? |
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Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
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When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait? |
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Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto łGod, and they wander for lack of meat? |