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Job 37

## The Book of Job

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| # Chapter 38
#### 1 | Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
#### 2 | Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
#### 3 | Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
#### 4 | Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
#### 5 | Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
#### 6 | Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
#### 7 | When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
#### 8 | Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
#### 9 | When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
#### 10 | And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
#### 11 | And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
#### 12 | Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;
#### 13 | That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
#### 14 | It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:
#### 15 | And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
#### 16 | Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
#### 17 | Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
#### 18 | Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
#### 19 | Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
#### 20 | That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
#### 21 | [Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
#### 22 | Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, 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 war?
#### 24 | By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
#### 25 | Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
#### 26 | To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
#### 27 | To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
#### 28 | Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
#### 29 | Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
#### 30 | The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
#### 31 | Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
#### 32 | Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
#### 33 | Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
#### 34 | Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
#### 35 | Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
#### 36 | Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
#### 37 | Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
#### 38 | When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
#### 39 | Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
#### 40 | When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
#### 41 | Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?

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