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¹ And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

² Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

³ Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

⁴ Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

⁵ Who set the measures thereof—if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

⁶ Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁸ And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

⁹ When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

¹⁰ When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

¹¹ And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

¹² Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

¹⁴ It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:

¹⁵ And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

¹⁶ Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

¹⁸ Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

¹⁹ Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

²⁰ That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

²¹ Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

²² Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

²³ Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

²⁴ By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?

²⁵ Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

²⁶ To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

²⁷ To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?

²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

²⁹ Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

³⁰ When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

³¹ Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

³² Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

³³ Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

³⁴ Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

³⁵ Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

³⁷ Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

³⁸ When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

³⁹ Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰ When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?