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[1]Then the LORD 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 answer thou me.
[4]Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
[5]Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
[6]Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;
[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, as if it had issued out of the womb?
[9]When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
[10]And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
[11]And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
[12]Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;
[13]That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
[14]It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
[15]And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
[16]Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
[17]Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?
[18]Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
[19]Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,
[20]That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
[21]Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
[22]Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures 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, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
[25]Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
[26]To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness in which 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 the dew?
[29]Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
[30]The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
[31]Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
[32]Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?
[33]Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
[34]Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
[35]Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?
[36]Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
[37]Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
[38]When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
[39]Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill 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 food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.
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