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38:1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
38:2 Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? 38:3 Gird up now your loins like a [noble] man; For I will demand of you, and you declare to me. 38:4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. 38:5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? 38:6 On what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 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 broke forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb; 38:9 When I made clouds its garment, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, 38:10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 38:11 And said, This far you will come, but no further; And here will your proud waves be placed? 38:12 Have you commanded the morning since your days [began], [And] caused the sunrise to know its place; 38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? 38:14 It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment: 38:15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, And the high arm is broken. 38:16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep? 38:17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? 38:18 Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all. 38:19 Where is the way to the place that light stays? And as for darkness, where is its place, 38:20 That you should take it to its bound, And that you should discern the paths to its house? 38:21 [Doubtless], you know, for you were then born, And the number of your days is great! 38:22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, Or have you 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 Where is the way to the place that light is distributed, Or [from where is] the east wind scattered on the earth? 38:25 Who has cleft a channel for the floodwater, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; 38:26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is not a man; On the wilderness, in which there is not man; 38:27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth? 38:28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given birth to it? 38:30 The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen. 38:31 Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? 38:32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her train? 38:33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their dominion in the earth? 38:34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you? 38:35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, Here we are? 38:36 Who has put wisdom in the ibis? Or who has given understanding to the rooster? 38:37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, 38:38 When the dust runs into a mass, And the clods are stuck together? 38:39 Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 38:40 When they couch in their dens, [And] remain in the covert to lie in wait? 38:41 Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, [And] wander for lack of food? |
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