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[1]Then 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 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 the 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 broke forth, and issued out of the womb;
[9]When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
[10]And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,
[11]And said: 'Thus far 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 they stand as a garment.
[15]But 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 surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? 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 know the paths to the house thereof?
[21]Thou knowest it, 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 treasuries 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 a 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 desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb 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 hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
[30]The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
[31]Canst thou bind the chains 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 sons?
[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]Wilt 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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