Job 38
1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 1
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel 1 By words without knowledge? 1
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; 1 For I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 1
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? 1 Declare, if thou hast understanding. 1
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? 1 Or who hath stretched the line upon it? 1
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? 1 Or who laid the corner stone thereof; 1
7When the morning stars sang together, 1 And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 1
8Or who shut up the sea with doors, 1 When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 1
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, 1 And thick darkness a swaddling band for it, 1
10And brake up for it my decreed place, 1 And set bars and doors, 1
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: 1 And here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 1
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; 1 And caused the dayspring to know his place; 1
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, 1 That the wicked might be shaken out of it? 1
14It is turned as clay to the seal; 1 And they stand as a garment. 1
15And from the wicked their light is withholden, 1 And the high arm shall be broken. 1
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? 1 Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 1
17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? 1 Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 1
18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? 1 Declare if thou knowest it all. 1
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? 1 And as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 1
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, 1 And that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? 1
21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? 1 Or because the number of thy days is great? 1
22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? 1 Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 1
23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, 1 Against the day of battle and war? 1
24By what way is the light parted, 1 Which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 1
25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, 1 Or a way for the lightning of thunder; 1
26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; 1 On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 1
27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; 1 And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 1
28Hath the rain a father? 1 Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 1
29Out of whose womb came the ice? 1 And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 1
30The waters are hid as with a stone, 1 And the face of the deep is frozen. 1
31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, 1 Or loose the bands of Orion? 1
32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? 1 Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 1
33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? 1 Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? 1
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, 1 That abundance of waters may cover thee? 1
35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, 1 And say unto thee, Here we are? 1
36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? 1 Or who hath given understanding to the heart? 1
37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? 1 Or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 1
38When the dust groweth into hardness, 1 And the clods cleave fast together? 1
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? 1 Or fill the appetite of the young lions, 1
40When they couch in their dens, 1 And abide in the covert to lie in wait? 1
41Who provideth for the raven his food? 1 When his young ones cry unto God, 1 They wander for lack of meat.