Job 38
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Job 38:1
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Job 38:2
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"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
Job 38:3
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"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
Job 38:4
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"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell {Me,} if you have understanding,
Job 38:5
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Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
Job 38:7
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When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:8
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"Or {who} enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
Job 38:9
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When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Job 38:10
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And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
Job 38:11
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And I said, `Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop'?
Job 38:12
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"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, {And} caused the dawn to know its place,
Job 38:13
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
Job 38:14
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"It is changed like clay {under} the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.
Job 38:15
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"From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.
Job 38:16
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"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Job 38:17
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"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Job 38:18
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"Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell {Me,} if you know all this.
Job 38:19
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"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
Job 38:20
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That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?
Job 38:21
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"You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
Job 38:22
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"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Job 38:23
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Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?
Job 38:24
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"Where is the way that the light is divided, {Or} the east wind scattered on the earth?
Job 38:25
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"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Job 38:26
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To bring rain on a land without people, {On} a desert without a man in it,
Job 38:27
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To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
Job 38:28
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"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38:29
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"From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
Job 38:30
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"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
Job 38:31
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"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
Job 38:32
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"Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?
Job 38:33
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"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
Job 38:34
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"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?
Job 38:35
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"Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, `Here we are'?
Job 38:36
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"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?
Job 38:37
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"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
Job 38:38
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When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
Job 38:39
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"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Job 38:40
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When they crouch in {their} dens {And} lie in wait in {their} lair?
Job 38:41
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"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?
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