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¹ Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,² Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?³ Gird up now your loins like a [noble] man; For I will demand of you, and you declare to me.

⁴ Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.⁵ Who determined the measures thereof, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?⁶ Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,⁷ When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?⁸ Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;⁹ When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,¹⁰ And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,¹¹ And said, This far you shall come, but no further; And here shall your proud waves be stayed?

¹² Have you commanded the morning since your days [began], [And] caused the sunrise to know its place;¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?¹⁴ It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:¹⁵ And from the wicked their light is withheld, And the high arm is broken.¹⁶ Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses 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 comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.¹⁹ Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,²⁰ That you should take it to the bound thereof, And that you should discern the paths to the house thereof?²¹ [Doubtless], you know, for you were then born, And the number of your days is great!²² Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, Or have you seen the treasures of the hail,²³ Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?²⁴ By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

²⁵ Who has cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;²⁶ To cause it to rain on a land where there is not a man; On the wilderness, wherein there is not man;²⁷ To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?²⁸ Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?²⁹ Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?³⁰ The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.³¹ Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?³² Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her train?³³ Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish the dominion thereof in the earth?³⁴ Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?³⁵ Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, Here we are?³⁶ Who has put wisdom in the ibis? Or who has given understanding to the rooster?³⁷ Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,³⁸ When the dust runs into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?³⁹ Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,⁴⁰ When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?⁴¹ Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, [And] wander for lack of food?