Job 38:1-11; Job 42:1-5

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

2 "Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

3 "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,

5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?

6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone ,

7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

9 When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

10 And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,

11 And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop '?

1 Then Job answered the LORD and said,

2 "I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.

3 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know."

4 'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.'

5 "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;