Then the LORD aanswered
Job
out of the whirlwind
and said
,
"Who is this
that adarkens
counsel
By words
without
knowledge
?
"Now agird
up your loins
like a man
, And bI will ask
you, and you instruct
Me!
"Where were you awhen I laid
the foundation
of the earth
? Tell
Me, if
you 1have
understanding
,
Who set
its ameasurements
? Since
you know
. Or
who
stretched
the line
on it?
"On what awere its bases
sunk
? Or
who
laid
its cornerstone
,
When the morning stars
sang
together
And all
the asons
of God
shouted
for joy
?
"Or who aenclosed the sea
with doors
When, bursting
forth
, it went
out from the womb
;
When I made a cloud
its garment
And thick
darkness
its swaddling
band
,
And I 1 aplaced boundaries
on it And set
a bolt
and doors
,
And I said, `Thus
far
you shall come
, but no
farther
; And here
shall your proud
waves
stop
'?
"Have you 1ever in your life
commanded
the morning
, And caused the dawn
to know
its place
,
That it might take hold
of athe ends
of the earth
, And bthe wicked
be shaken
out of it?
"It is changed like clay
under the seal
; And they stand
forth
like
a garment
.
" aFrom the wicked their light
is withheld
, And the buplifted
arm
is broken
.
"Have you entered into athe springs
of the sea
Or walked
1in the recesses
of the deep
?
"Have the gates of death
been revealed
to you, Or have you seen
the gates
of adeep
darkness
?
"Have you understood the 1expanse
of athe earth
? Tell
Me, if
you know
all
this.
"Where is the way
to the dwelling
of light
? And darkness
, where
is its place
,
That you may take it to aits territory
And that you may discern
the paths
to its 1home
?
"You know, for ayou were born
then
, And the number
of your days
is great
!
"Have you entered the storehouses
aof the snow
, Or have you seen
the storehouses
of the bhail
,
Which I have reserved
for the time
of distress
, For the day
of war
and battle
?
"Where is the way
that athe light
is divided
, Or the east
wind
scattered
on the earth
?
"Who has cleft
a channel
for the flood
, Or a way
for the thunderbolt
,
To bring arain
on a land
without
1people
, On a desert
without
a man
in it,
To asatisfy the waste
and desolate
land And to make the 1seeds
of grass
to sprout
?
"Has athe rain
a father
? Or
who
has begotten
the drops
of dew
?
"From whose womb
has come
the aice
? And the frost
of heaven
, who
has given
it birth
?
"Water 1becomes
hard
like stone
, And the surface
of the deep
is imprisoned
.
"Can you bind the chains
of the aPleiades
, Or
loose
the cords
of Orion
?
"Can you lead forth
a 1constellation
in its season
, And guide
the Bear
with her 2satellites
?
"Do you know the aordinances
of the heavens
, Or
fix
their rule
over the earth
?
"Can you lift up your voice
to the clouds
, So that an aabundance
of water
will cover
you?
"Can you asend forth lightnings
that they may go
And say
to you, `Here
we are'?
"Who has aput
wisdom
in the innermost
being
Or
given
bunderstanding
to the 1mind
?
"Who can count
the clouds
by wisdom
, Or atip
the water
jars
of the heavens
,
When the dust hardens
into a mass
And the clods
stick
together
?
"Can you hunt the aprey
for the lion
, Or satisfy
the appetite
of the young
lions
,
When they acrouch
in their dens
And lie
in wait
in their lair
?
"Who prepares
for athe raven
its nourishment
When
its young
cry
to God
And wander
about without
food
?