Then the LORD answered Job out of the
whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth
counsel by words without knowledge?
Gird up now thy loins like a man;
for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where
wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid
the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath
stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the
foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner
stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut
up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it
had issued out of the womb?
When I made the cloud the garment
thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars
and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but
no further: and here shall thy proud waves be
stayed? Hast thou commanded the morning since thy
days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is
turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a
garment. And from the wicked their light is
withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Hast thou entered into the springs
of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the
depth? Have the gates of death been opened unto
thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of
death? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
declare if thou knowest it all. Where is the way
where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is
the place thereof, That thou shouldest take it to
the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the
paths to the house thereof? Knowest thou it, because
thou wast then born? or because the number of thy
days is great?
Hast thou entered into the
treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the
treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against
the time of trouble, against the day of battle and
war? By what way is the light parted, which
scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Who hath divided a watercourse for
the overflowing of waters, or a way for the
lightning of thunder; To cause it to rain on the
earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein
there is no man; To satisfy the desolate and waste
ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to
spring forth? Hath the rain a father? or who hath
begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb came
the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath
gendered it?
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of
the deep is frozen. Canst thou bind the sweet
influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or
canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Knowest
thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the
dominion thereof in the earth? Canst thou lift up
thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters
may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that
they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward
parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay
the bottles of heaven, When the dust groweth into
hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? Wilt
thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the
appetite of the young lions, When they couch in
their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Who provideth for the raven his
food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander
for lack of meat.
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