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¹ THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,² Who is this that gives counsel by words without knowledge?³ Gird up your loins now, like a valiant man; for I will question you, and you shall answer me.

⁴ Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.⁵ Who has laid its measures, if you know? Or who has stretched the line upon it?⁶ Upon what are its limits resting? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof?⁷ When did I create the morning stars, and all the angels shouted for joy?⁸ Or who shut up the sea with gates, when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb?⁹ When I made the cloud the garment of the earth, and thick darkness a swaddling hand for it,¹⁰ And prescribed limits for it, and set bars and doors,¹¹ And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed?

¹² Have you commanded the dawn since your days began; or do you know the place of the morning;¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be thrown out of it?¹⁴ So that their bodies shall be turned into clay, and be thrown into a heap.¹⁵ The light of sinners shall be withheld, and the arm of the arrogant shall be broken.¹⁶ Have you entered into the depths of the sea? Or have you walked in the foundations of the deep?¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?¹⁸ Have you seen the whole breadth of the earth? Declare to me if you know it all.¹⁹ Where is the dwelling place of light, and where is the place of darkness?²⁰ Do you know its borders and the path to its house?²¹ Do you remember when you were born, and do you know if you will live many days?²² Have you entered into the chambers of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,²³ Which are reserved against the time of distress, against the day of battle and war?²⁴ Or in what manner is light distributed, and whence the wind comes forth upon the earth?

²⁵ Who causes a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder?²⁶ Who causes it to rain on a land where no man is, in the wilderness where there is no inhabitant,²⁷ To saturate every thicket, and cause the tender grass to spring up?²⁸ Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?²⁹ Out of whose womb did the dew and ice come forth? And who begot the hoary frost of heaven?³⁰ The waters are hardened like a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.³¹ Can you stop the movement of the Pleiades, or have you seen the path of Orion?³² Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you stand in the paths of Aldebaran?³³ Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you make ordinances for the earth?³⁴ Can you lift up your voice to the clouds? Or can you cover them with abundance of waters?³⁵ Can you send forth the lightnings, that they may go, and say to you. Here we are?³⁶ Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given vision to understanding?³⁷ Who has numbered the clouds by his wisdom? And who has raised the pillars of heaven?³⁸ Who has poured out soil upon the earth, and who has made the steep rocks?³⁹ Who has given prey for the lion? Or filled the appetite of the young lions?⁴⁰ Who has multiplied the beasts in the field? Or who has provided food for the raven?⁴¹ For its young ones cry to God, and faint for lack of food.