Job

Chapter 38

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

² Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledgea

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

⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the eartha declare, if thou hast understanding.

⁵ Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowesta or who hath stretched the line upon ita

⁶ Whereupon are the foundations thereof fasteneda or who laid the corner stone thereof;

⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joya

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁶ Hast thou entered into the springs of the seaa or hast thou walked in the search of the deptha

¹⁷ Have the gates of death been opened unto theea or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of deatha

¹⁸ Hast thou perceived the breadth of the eartha declare if thou knowest it all.

¹⁹ Where is the way where light dwelletha and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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

²¹ Knowest thou it, because thou wast then borna or because the number of thy days is greata

²² Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snowa or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

²³ Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and wara

²⁴ By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the eartha

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

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

²⁷ To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring fortha

²⁸ Hath the rain a fathera or who hath begotten the drops of dewa

²⁹ Out of whose womb came the icea and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered ita

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

³¹ Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Oriona

³² Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his seasona or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sonsa

³³ Knowest thou the ordinances of heavena canst thou set the dominion thereof in the eartha

³⁴ Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover theea

³⁵ Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we area

³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the inward partsa or who hath given understanding to the hearta

³⁷ Who can number the clouds in wisdoma or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

³⁸ When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast togethera

³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for the liona or fill the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰ When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in waita

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