Job:38-41

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* And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said , * Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ? * Gird up now thy loins like a man ; and I will demand of thee , and inform thou me . * Where wast thou when I founded the earth ? Declare , if thou hast understanding . * Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest ? or who stretched a line upon it ? * Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken ? or who laid its corner-stone , * When the morning stars sang together , and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? * And who shut up the sea with doors , when it burst forth , issuing out of the womb ? * When I made the cloud its garment , and thick darkness a swaddling band for it ; * When I cut out for it my boundary , and set bars and doors , * And said , Hitherto shalt thou come and no further , and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ? * Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning ? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place , * That it might take hold of the ends of the earth , and the wicked might be shaken out of it ? * It is changed like the signet-clay ; and [all things ] stand forth as in a garment : * And from the wicked their light is withholden , and the uplifted arm is broken . * Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea ? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep ? * Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee ? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death ? * Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all . * Where is the way to where light dwelleth ? and the darkness , where is its place , * That thou shouldest take it to its bound , and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house ? * Thou knowest , for thou wast then born , and the number of thy days is great ! * Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow , and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail , * Which I have reserved for the time of distress , for the day of battle and war ? * By what way is the light parted , [and ] the east wind scattered upon the earth ? * Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood , and a way for the thunder 's flash ; * To cause it to rain on the earth , where no one is ; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man ; * To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground ], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth ? * Hath the rain a father ? or who begetteth the drops of dew ? * Out of whose womb cometh the ice ? and the hoary frost of heaven , who bringeth it forth ? * When the waters lie hidden as in stone , and the face of the deep holdeth fast together . * Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades , or loosen the cords of Orion ? * Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season ? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons ? * Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens ? dost thou determine their rule over the earth ? * Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds , that floods of waters may cover thee ? * Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go , and say unto thee , Here we are ? * Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts ? or who hath given understanding to the mind ? * Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom ? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens , * When the dust runneth as into a molten mass , and the clods cleave fast together ? * Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness , and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions , * When they crouch in [their ] dens , [and ] abide in the thicket to lie in wait ? * Who provideth for the raven his food , when his young ones cry unto �God , [and ] they wander for lack of meat ? * Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth ? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds ? * Dost thou number the months that they fulfil ? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth ? * They bow themselves , they give birth to their young ones , they cast out their pains ; * Their young ones become strong , they grow up in the open field , they go forth , and return not unto them . * Who hath sent out the wild ass free ? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager , * Whose house I made the wilderness , and the salt plain his dwellings ? * He laugheth at the tumult of the city , and heareth not the shouts of the driver ; * The range of the mountains is his pasture , and he searcheth after every green thing . * Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee , or will he lodge by thy crib ? * Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee ? * Wilt thou put confidence in him , because his strength is great ? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him ? * Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed , and gather it into thy threshing-floor ? * The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork 's pinion and plumage ? * For she leaveth her eggs to the earth , and warmeth them in the dust , * And forgetteth that the foot may crush them , or that the beast of the field may trample them . * She is hardened against her young ones , as though they were not hers ; her labour is in vain , without her concern . * For +God hath deprived her of wisdom , and hath not furnished her with understanding . * What time she lasheth herself on high , she scorneth the horse and his rider . * Hast thou given strength to the horse ? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane ? * Dost thou make him to leap as a locust ? His majestic snorting is terrible . * He paweth in the valley , and rejoiceth in [his ] strength ; he goeth forth to meet the armed host . * He laugheth at fear , and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from before the sword . * The quiver rattleth upon him , the glittering spear and the javelin . * He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage , and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet : * At the noise of the trumpets he saith , Aha ! and he smelleth the battle afar off , the thunder of the captains , and the shouting . * Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence , [and ] stretch his wings toward the south ? * Doth the eagle mount up at thy command , and make his nest on high ? * He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff , and the fastness : * From thence he spieth out the prey , his eyes look into the distance ; * And his young ones suck up blood ; and where the slain are , there is he . * And Jehovah answered Job and said , * Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him ]? he that reproveth +God , let him answer it . * And Job answered Jehovah and said , * Behold , I am nought : what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth . * Once have I spoken , and I will not answer ; yea twice , but I will proceed no further . * And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said , * Gird up now thy loins like a man : I will demand of thee , and inform thou me . * Wilt thou also annul my judgment ? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous ? * Hast thou an arm like �God ? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him ? * Deck thyself now with glory and excellency , and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour . * Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger , and look on every one that is proud , and abase him : * Look on every one that is proud , bring him low , and tread down the wicked in their place : * Hide them in the dust together ; bind their faces in secret . * Then will I also praise thee , because thy right hand saveth thee . * See now the behemoth , which I made with thee : he eateth grass as an ox . * Behold now , his strength is in his loins , and his force is in the muscles of his belly . * He bendeth his tail like a cedar ; the sinews of his thighs are woven together . * His bones are tubes of bronze , his members are like bars of iron . * He is the chief of �God 's ways : he that made him gave him his sword . * For the mountains bring him forth food , where all the beasts of the field play . * He lieth under lotus-bushes , in the covert of the reed and fen : * Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade ; the willows of the brook surround him . * Lo , the river overfloweth -- he startleth not : he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth . * Shall he be taken in front ? will they pierce through [his ] nose in the trap ? * Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook , and press down his tongue with a cord ? * Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose , and pierce his jaw with a spike ? * Will he make many supplications unto thee ? or will he speak softly unto thee ? * Will he make a covenant with thee ? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever ? * Wilt thou play with him as with a bird , and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens ? * Shall partners make traffic of him , will they divide him among merchants ? * Wilt thou fill his skin with darts , and his head with fish-spears ? * Lay thy hand upon him ; remember the battle , -- do no more ! * Lo , hope as to him is belied : is not one cast down even at the sight of him ? * None is so bold as to stir him up ; and who is he that will stand before me ? * Who hath first given to me , that I should repay [him ]? [Whatsoever is ] under the whole heaven is mine . * I will not be silent as to his parts , the story of his power , and the beauty of his structure . * Who can uncover the surface of his garment ? who can come within his double jaws ? * Who can open the doors of his face ? Round about his teeth is terror . * The rows of his shields are a pride , shut up together [as with ] a close seal . * One is so near to another that no air can come between them ; * They are joined each to its fellow ; they stick together , and cannot be sundered . * His sneezings flash light , and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning . * Out of his mouth go forth flames ; sparks of fire leap out : * Out of his nostrils goeth smoke , as out of a boiling pot and cauldron . * His breath kindleth coals , and a flame goeth out of his mouth . * In his neck lodgeth strength , and terror danceth before him . * The flakes of his flesh are joined together : they are fused upon him , they cannot be moved . * His heart is firm as a stone , yea , firm as the nether [millstone ]. * When he raiseth himself up , the mighty are afraid : they are beside themselves with consternation . * If any reach him with a sword , it cannot hold ; neither spear , nor dart , nor harpoon . * He esteemeth iron as straw , bronze as rotten wood . * The arrow will not make him flee ; slingstones are turned with him into stubble . * Clubs are counted as stubble ; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin . * His under parts are sharp potsherds : he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire . * He maketh the deep to boil like a pot ; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment ; * He maketh the path to shine after him : one would think the deep to be hoary . * Upon earth there is not his like , who is made without fear . * He beholdeth all high things ; he is king over all the proud beasts . * And Job answered Jehovah and said ,

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