Job:38

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* Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said , * Who [is ] this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge ? * Now gird up thy loins like a man ; for I will enquire of thee , and answer thou me . * Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? Cause me to know , if thou hast understanding . * Who ordered its dimensions , if thou knowest ? Or who has stretched the line upon it ? * Upon what are its foundations founded ? Or who laid its corner stone ; * 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 , [as if ] it had issued out of the womb ? * When I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness a swaddling band for it , * and established my decree upon it , and set bars and doors , * and said , Thou shalt come unto here , but no further ; and there shall the pride of thy waves be stayed . * Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ? Hast thou shown the dayspring its place , * that it might take hold of the ends of the earth , that the wicked might be shaken out of it ? * It is transformed as clay [to ] the seal and then stands as a garment ; * but the light of the wicked is taken from them , and the high arm is broken . * Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea ? Or hast thou walked searching out the deep ? * Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? * Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all . * Where [is ] the way to the habitation of the light , and where is the place of the darkness ? * If thou shalt take it in its borders , and if thou should understand the paths [to ] its house ? * If thou didst know when thou wast to be born or if the number of thy days was to be great ? * Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow , and hast 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 ; from where is the east wind scattered upon the earth ? * Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder , * to cause it to rain on the earth , [where ] no man [is ]; [on ] the wilderness , in which [there is ] no man ; * to satisfy the desolate and waste [ground ] and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth ? * Has the rain a father ? Or who has begotten the drops of the dew ? * Out of whose womb came the ice , and the hoary frost of heaven , who has begotten it ? * The waters harden as stone , and the face of the deep is frozen . * Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades , or loose the bands of Orion ? * Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season , or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? * Dost thou know the ordinances of the heavens ? Canst thou use its power in the earth ? * Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds , that abundance of waters may cover thee ? * Canst thou send lightnings , that they may go and say unto thee , Here we [are ]? * Who put wisdom in the inward parts ? Or who gave intelligence to understanding ? * Who declared the heavens in wisdom ? Or who can stay the bottles of heaven * when the dust hardens and the clods cleave fast together ? * Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite of the young lions , * when they crouch in [their ] dens [and ] abide in their lairs to lie in wait ? * Who provided food for the raven ; when his young ones cry unto God , they wander for lack of food ?:

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