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[1]THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[2]Who is this that gives counsel by words without knowledge?
[3]Gird up your loins now, like a valiant man; for I will question you, and you shall answer me
[4]Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
[5]Who has laid its measures, if you know? Or who has stretched the line upon it?
[6]Upon what are its limits resting? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof?
[7]When did I create the morning stars, and all the angels shouted for joy?
[8]Or who shut up the sea with gates, when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb?
[9]When I made the cloud the garment of the earth, and thick darkness a swaddling hand for it,
[10]And prescribed limits for it, and set bars and doors,
[11]And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed
[12]Have you commanded the dawn since your days began; or do you know the place of the morning;
[13]That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be thrown out of it?
[14]So that their bodies shall be turned into clay, and be thrown into a heap.
[15]The light of sinners shall be withheld, and the arm of the arrogant shall be broken.
[16]Have you entered into the depths of the sea? Or have you walked in the foundations of the deep?
[17]Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
[18]Have you seen the whole breadth of the earth? Declare to me if you know it all.
[19]Where is the dwelling place of light, and where is the place of darkness?
[20]Do you know its borders and the path to its house?
[21]Do you remember when you were born, and do you know if you will live many days?
[22]Have you entered into the chambers of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,
[23]Which are reserved against the time of distress, against the day of battle and war?
[24]Or in what manner is light distributed, and whence the wind comes forth upon the earth
[25]Who causes a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder?
[26]Who causes it to rain on a land where no man is, in the wilderness where there is no inhabitant,
[27]To saturate every thicket, and cause the tender grass to spring up?
[28]Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
[29]Out of whose womb did the dew and ice come forth? And who begot the hoary frost of heaven?
[30]The waters are hardened like a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
[31]Can you stop the movement of the Pleiades, or have you seen the path of Orion?
[32]Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you stand in the paths of Aldebaran?
[33]Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you make ordinances for the earth?
[34]Can you lift up your voice to the clouds? Or can you cover them with abundance of waters?
[35]Can you send forth the lightnings, that they may go, and say to you. Here we are?
[36]Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given vision to understanding?
[37]Who has numbered the clouds by his wisdom? And who has raised the pillars of heaven?
[38]Who has poured out soil upon the earth, and who has made the steep rocks?
[39]Who has given prey for the lion? Or filled the appetite of the young lions?
[40]Who has multiplied the beasts in the field? Or who has provided food for the raven?
[41]For its young ones cry to God, and faint for lack of food
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