Job:38:1-41
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind :
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Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge ?
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Gird up your loins like a man ,
I will question you ,
and you shall declare to me .
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Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth ?
Tell me ,
if you have understanding .
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Who determined its measurements--surely you know !
Or who stretched the line upon it ?
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On what were its bases sunk ,
or who laid its cornerstone ,
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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 in the sea with doors ,
when it burst forth from the womb ;
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when I made clouds its garment ,
and thick darkness its swaddling band ,
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and prescribed bounds for it ,
and set bars and doors ,
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and said , `
d said , "
Thus far shall you come ,
and no farther ,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed '?
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Have you commanded the morning since your days began ,
and caused the dawn to know its place ,
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that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth ,
and the wicked be shaken out of it ?
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It is changed like clay under the seal ,
and it is dyed like a garment .
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From the wicked their light is withheld ,
and their uplifted arm is broken .
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Have you entered into the springs of the sea ,
or walked in the recesses of the deep ?
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Have the gates of death been revealed to you ,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness ?
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Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth ?
Declare ,
if you know all this .
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Where is the way to the dwelling of light ,
and where is the place of darkness ,
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that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home ?
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You know ,
for you were born then ,
and the number of your days is great !
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Have you entered the storehouses of the snow ,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail ,
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which I have reserved for the time of trouble ,
for the day of battle and war ?
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What is the way to the place where the light is distributed ,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth ?
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Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain ,
and a way for the thunderbolt ,
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to bring rain on a land where no man is ,
on the desert in which there is no man ;
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to satisfy the waste and desolate land ,
and to make the ground put forth grass ?
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Has the rain a father ,
or who has begotten the drops of dew ?
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From whose womb did the ice come forth ,
and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven ?
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The waters become hard like stone ,
and the face of the deep is frozen .
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Can you bind the chains of the Plei '
ades ,
or loose the cords of Orion ?
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Can you lead forth the Maz '
zaroth in their season ,
or can you guide the Bear with its children ?
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens ?
Can you establish their rule on the earth ?
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Can you lift up your voice to the clouds ,
that a flood of waters may cover you ?
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Can you send forth lightnings ,
that they may go and say to you , `
d say to you , "
Here we are '?
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Who has put wisdom in the clouds ,
or given understanding to the mists ?
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Who can number the clouds by wisdom ?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens ,
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when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cleave fast together ?
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Can you hunt the prey for the lion ,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions ,
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when they crouch in their dens ,
or lie in wait in their covert ?
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Who provides for the raven its prey ,
when its young ones cry to God ,
and wander about for lack of food ?
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