Job:38:4-38

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* Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? Declare , if thou have understanding . * Who determined the measures of it , if thou know ? Or who stretched the line upon it ? * Upon what were the foundations of it fastened ? Or who laid the corner-stone of it * when the morning stars sang together , and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? * Or [who ] shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth , [like ] it had issued out of the womb , * when I made clouds the garment of it , and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it , * and marked out for it my bound , and set bars and doors , * and said , This far thou shall come , but no further , and here thy proud waves shall be stayed ? * Have thou commanded the morning since thy days [began ], [and ] caused the dayspring to know its place * that it might take hold of the ends of the earth , and the wicked be shaken out of it ? * It is changed as clay under the seal , and [all things ] stand forth as a garment . * And from the wicked their light is withheld , and the high arm is broken . * Have thou entered into the springs of the sea ? Or have thou walked in the recesses of the deep ? * Have the gates of death been revealed to thee ? Or have thou seen the gates of the shadow of death ? * Have thou comprehended the earth in its breadth ? Declare , if thou know it all . * Where is the way to the dwelling of light ? And as for darkness , where is the place of it * that thou should take it to the bound of it , and that thou should discern the paths to the house of it ? * Thou know , for thou were born then , and the number of thy days is great ! * Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow , or have thou seen the treasures of the hail , * which I have reserved against the time of trouble , against the day of battle and war ? * By what way is the light divided , or the east wind scattered upon the earth ? * Who has cleft a channel for the water flood , or the way for the lightning of the thunder , * to cause it to rain on a land where no man is , on the wilderness , in which there is no man , * to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground ], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth ? * Has the rain a father ? Or who has begotten the drops of dew ? * Out of whose womb came the ice ? And the hoary frost of heaven , who has engendered it ? * The waters hide themselves [and become ] like stone , and the face of the deep is frozen . * Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades , or loose the bands of Orion ? * Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season ? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train ? * Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens ? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth ? * Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds , that abundance of waters may cover thee ? * Can thou send forth lightnings , that they may go , and say to thee , Here we are ? * Who has put wisdom in the inward parts ? Or who has given understanding to the mind ? * Who can number the clouds by wisdom ? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven * when the dust runs into a mass , and the clods cleave fast together ?

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