Job

1Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,💡

2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?💡

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

4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.💡

5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?💡

6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner - stone thereof,💡

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

8Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;💡

9When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,💡

10And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,💡

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

12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;💡

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

14It is changed as clay under the seal; And all things stand forth as a garment:💡

15And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.💡

16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?💡

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

18Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.💡

19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,💡

20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?💡

21Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!💡

22Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,💡

23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?💡

24By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?💡

25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;💡

26To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;💡

27To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?💡

28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?💡

29Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?💡

30The waters hide themselves and become like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.💡

31Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?💡

32Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?💡

33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?💡

34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?💡

35Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?💡

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

37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,💡

38When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?💡

39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,💡

40When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?💡

41Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?💡