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[1]And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
[2]Who [is] this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
[3]Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
[4]Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
[5]Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
[6]On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
[7]In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,
[8]And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.
[9]In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
[10]And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,
[11]And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
[12]Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
[13]To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
[14]It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
[15]And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
[16]Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
[17]Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
[18]Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.
[19]Where [is] this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this -- its place?
[20]That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.
[21]Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!
[22]Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?
[23]That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.
[24]Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.
[25]Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
[26]To cause [it] to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.
[27]To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
[28]Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
[29]From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
[30]As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.
[31]Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
[32]Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?
[33]Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
[34]Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
[35]Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'
[36]Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?
[37]Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
[38]In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
[39]Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?
[40]When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?
[41]Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.
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