Job


38:1
 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,


38:2
 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?


38:3
 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.


38:4
 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.


38:5
 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?


38:6
 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;


38:7
 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?


38:8
 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?


38:9
 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,


38:10
 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,


38:11
 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?


38:12
 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;


38:13
 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?


38:14
 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.


38:15
 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.


38:16
 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?


38:17
 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?


38:18
 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.


38:19
 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,


38:20
 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?


38:21
 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?


38:22
 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,


38:23
 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?


38:24
 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?


38:25
 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;


38:26
 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;


38:27
 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?


38:28
 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?


38:29
 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?


38:30
 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.


38:31
 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?


38:32
 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?


38:33
 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?


38:34
 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?


38:35
 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?


38:36
 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?


38:37
 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,


38:38
 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?


38:39
 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,


38:40
 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?


38:41
 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.