Job:38-41
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind ,
and said ,
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Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge ?
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Gird up now your loins like a man ;
for I will demand of you ,
and answer you me .
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Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth ?
declare ,
if you have understanding .
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Who has laid the measures thereof ,
if you know ?
or who has stretched the line upon it ?
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ?
or who laid the corner stone thereof ;
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When the morning stars sang together ,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy ?
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Or who shut up the sea with doors ,
when it brake forth ,
as if it had issued out of the womb ?
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof ,
and thick darkness a swaddling band for it ,
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And brake up for it my decreed place ,
and set bars and doors ,
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And said ,
Until now shall you come ,
but no further :
and here shall your proud waves be stayed ?
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Have you commanded the morning since your days ;
and caused the dayspring to know his place ;
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth ,
that the wicked might be shaken out of it ?
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It is turned as clay to the seal ;
and they stand as a garment .
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And from the wicked their light is withheld ,
and the high arm shall be broken .
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Have you entered into the springs of the sea ?
or have you walked in the search of the depth ?
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Have the gates of death been opened unto you ?
or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death ?
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Have you perceived the breadth of the earth ?
declare if you know it all .
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Where is the way where light dwells ?
and as for darkness ,
where is the place thereof ,
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That you should take it to the bound thereof ,
and that you should know the paths to the house thereof ?
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Know you it ,
because you were then born ?
or because the number of your days is great ?
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Have you entered into the treasures of the snow ?
or have you seen the treasures of the hail ,
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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble ,
against the day of battle and war ?
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By what way is the light parted ,
which scatters the east wind upon the earth ?
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Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters ,
or a way for the lightning of thunder ;
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To cause it to rain on the earth ,
where no man is ;
on the wilderness ,
wherein there is no man ;
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground ;
and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth ?
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Has the rain a father ?
or who has begotten the drops of dew ?
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Out of whose womb came the ice ?
and the hoary frost of heaven ,
who has gendered it ?
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The waters are hid as with a stone ,
and the face of the deep is frozen .
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Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades ,
or loose the bands of Orion ?
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Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ?
or can you guide Arcturus with his sons ?
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Know you the ordinances of heaven ?
can you set the dominion thereof in the earth ?
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Can you lift up your voice to the clouds ,
that abundance of waters may cover you ?
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Can you send lightnings ,
that they may go and say unto you ,
Here we are ?
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Who has put wisdom in the inward parts ?
or who has given understanding to the heart ?
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Who can number the clouds in wisdom ?
or who can stay the bottles of heaven ,
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When the dust grows into hardness ,
and the clods cleave fast together ?
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Will you hunt the prey for the lion ?
or fill the appetite of the young lions ,
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When they couch in their dens ,
and abide in the covert to lie in wait ?
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Who provides for the raven his food ?
when his young ones cry unto God ,
they wander for lack of food .
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Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth ?
or can you mark when the hinds do calve ?
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Can you number the months that they fulfill ?
or know you the time when they bring forth ?
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They bow themselves ,
they bring forth their young ones ,
they cast out their sorrows .
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Their young ones are in good looking ,
they grow up with corn ;
they go forth ,
and return not unto them .
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Who has sent out the wild ass free ?
or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass ?
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Whose house I have made the wilderness ,
and the barren land his dwellings .
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He scorns the multitude of the city ,
neither regards he the crying of the driver .
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The range of the mountains is his pasture ,
and he searches after every green thing .
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Will the unicorn (
p .
ox )
be willing to serve you ,
or abide by your crib ?
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Can you bind the unicorn (
p .
ox )
with his band in the furrow ?
or will he harrow the valleys after you ?
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Will you trust him ,
because his strength is great ?
or will you leave your labour to him ?
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Will you believe him ,
that he will bring home your seed ,
and gather it into your barn ?
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Gave you the goodly wings unto the peacocks ?
or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ?
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Which left her eggs in the earth ,
and warms them in dust ,
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And forgets that the foot may crush them ,
or that the wild beast may break them .
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She is hardened against her young ones ,
as though they were not her '
s :
her labour is in vain without fear ;
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Because God has deprived her of wisdom ,
neither has he imparted to her understanding .
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What time she lifts up herself on high ,
she scorns the horse and his rider .
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Have you given the horse strength ?
have you clothed his neck with thunder ?
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Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper ?
the glory of his nostrils is terrible .
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He paws in the valley ,
and rejoices in his strength :
he goes on to meet the armed men .
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He mocks at fear ,
and is not affrighted ;
neither turns he back from the sword .
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The quiver rattles against him ,
the glittering spear and the shield .
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He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage :
neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet .
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He says among the trumpets ,
Ha ,
ha ;
and he smells the battle far off ,
the thunder of the captains ,
and the shouting .
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Does the hawk fly by your wisdom ,
and stretch her wings toward the south ?
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Does the eagle mount up at your command ,
and make her nest on high ?
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She dwells and abides on the rock ,
upon the crag of the rock ,
and the strong place .
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From thence she seeks the prey ,
and her eyes behold far off .
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Her young ones also suck up blood :
and where the slain are ,
there is she .
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Moreover the LORD answered Job ,
and said ,
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Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him ?
he that reproves God ,
let him answer it .
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Then Job answered the LORD ,
and said ,
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Behold ,
I am vile ;
what shall I answer you ?
I will lay mine hand upon my mouth .
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Once have I spoken ;
but I will not answer :
yea ,
twice ;
but I will proceed no further .
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Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind ,
and said ,
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Gird up your loins now like a man :
I will demand of you ,
and declare you unto me .
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Will you also nullify my judgment ?
will you condemn me ,
that you may be righteous ?
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Have you an arm like God ?
or can you thunder with a voice like him ?
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Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency ;
and array yourself with glory and beauty .
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Cast abroad the rage of your wrath :
and behold every one that is proud ,
and bring low him .
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Look on every one that is proud ,
and bring him low ;
and tread down the wicked in their place .
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Hide them in the dust together ;
and bind their faces in secret .
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Then will I also confess unto you that yours own right hand can save you .
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Behold now behemoth ,
which I made with you ;
he eats grass as an ox .
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Lo now ,
his strength is in his loins ,
and his force is in the navel of his belly .
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He moves his tail like a cedar :
the sinews of his stones are wrapped together .
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His bones are as strong pieces of brass ;
his bones are like bars of iron .
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He is the chief of the ways of God :
he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him .
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Surely the mountains bring him forth food ,
where all the beasts of the field play .
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He lies under the shady trees ,
in the covert of the reed ,
and fens .
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The shady trees cover him with their shadow ;
the willows of the brook compass him about .
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Behold ,
he drinks up a river ,
and hastes not :
he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth .
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He takes it with his eyes :
his nose pierces through snares .
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Can you draw out leviathan (
p .
sea serpent )
with an hook ?
or his tongue with a cord which you let down ?
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Can you put an hook into his nose ?
or bore his jaw through with a thorn ?
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Will he make many supplications unto you ?
will he speak soft words unto you ?
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Will he make a covenant with you ?
will you take him for a servant for ever ?
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Will you play with him as with a bird ?
or will you bind him for your maidens ?
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Shall the companions make a banquet of him ?
shall they part him among the merchants ?
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Can you fill his skin with barbed irons ?
or his head with fish spears ?
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Lay yours hand upon him ,
remember the battle ,
do no more .
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Behold ,
the hope of him is in vain :
shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him ?
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None is so fierce that dare stir him up :
who then is able to stand before me ?
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Who has prevented me ,
that I should repay him ?
whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine .
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I will not conceal his parts ,
nor his power ,
nor his comely proportion .
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Who can discover the face of his garment ?
or who can come to him with his double bridle ?
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Who can open the doors of his face ?
his teeth are terrible round about .
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His scales are his pride ,
shut up together as with a close seal .
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One is so near to another ,
that no air can come between them .
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They are joined one to another ,
they stick together ,
that they cannot be sundered .
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By his exhaling a light does shine ,
and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning .
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Out of his mouth go burning lamps ,
and sparks of fire leap out .
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Out of his nostrils goes smoke ,
as out of a seething pot or caldron .
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His breath kindles coals ,
and a flame goes out of his mouth .
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In his neck remains strength ,
and sorrow is turned into joy before him .
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The flakes of his flesh are joined together :
they are firm in themselves ;
they cannot be moved .
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His heart is as firm as a stone ;
yea ,
as hard as a piece of the nether millstone .
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When he raises up himself ,
the mighty are afraid :
by reason of breakings they purify themselves .
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The sword of him that lays at him cannot hold :
the spear ,
the dart ,
nor the armour of jacket .
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He esteems iron as straw ,
and brass as rotten wood .
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The arrow cannot make him flee :
sling stones are turned with him into stubble .
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Darts are counted as stubble :
he laughs at the shaking of a spear .
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Sharp stones are under him :
he spreads sharp pointed things upon the mire .
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He makes the deep to boil like a pot :
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment .
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He makes a path to shine after him ;
one would think the deep to be hoary .
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Upon earth there is not his like ,
who is made without fear .
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He beholds all high things :
he is a king over all the children of pride .
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Then Job answered the LORD ,
and said ,
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