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| [1]Then 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 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 declare thou unto Me. |
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| [4]Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding. |
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| [5]Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? |
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| [6]Whereupon were 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 broke forth, and 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 prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors, |
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| [11]And said: 'Thus far 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 began, and caused the dayspring to know its place; |
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| [13]That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? |
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| [14]It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment. |
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| [15]But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken. |
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| [16]Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? |
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| [17]Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? |
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| [18]Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all. |
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| [19]Where is the way to the dwelling of light, 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]Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! |
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| [22]Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries 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, or the east wind scattered upon the earth? |
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| [25]Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder; |
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| [26]To cause it to rain on a land 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 hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? |
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| [30]The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. |
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| [31]Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? |
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| [32]Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons? |
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| [33]Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish 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 forth 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 mind? |
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| [37]Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, |
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| [38]When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? |
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| [39]Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy 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 prey, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food? |
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