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¹ Then the LORD 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; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.⁵ Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?⁶ Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;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 a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,¹⁰ And broke up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,¹¹ And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.

¹² Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the day-spring to know its place;¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?¹⁴ It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.¹⁵ And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.¹⁶ Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?¹⁷ Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?¹⁸ Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.¹⁹ Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] 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 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?²² Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou 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, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

²⁵ Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;²⁶ To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is]; [on] the wilderness in which [there is] no man;²⁷ To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?²⁹ Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?³⁰ The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.³¹ Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?³² Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?³³ Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?³⁴ Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?³⁵ Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we [are]?³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?³⁷ Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,³⁸ When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,⁴⁰ When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.