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