Job 38

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

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

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

5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath

6Whereupon are the foundations

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

8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it

9When I made the cloud the garment

10And brake up

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

12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy

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

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

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

16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou

17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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

19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,

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

21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or

22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the

23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against

24By what way is the light parted,

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

26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no

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

28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten

29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary

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

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

32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?

33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the

34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that

35Canst thou send lightnings,

36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the

37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the

38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the

39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the

40When they couch

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