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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said ,
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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:
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2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?
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3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
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4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare , if thou hast understanding.
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4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
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5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
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6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--
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7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
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8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth , as if it had issued out of the womb?
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8 "Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
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9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
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10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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10 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,
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11 And said , Hitherto shalt thou come , but no further : and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ?
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11 when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?
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12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
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12 "Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,
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13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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13 that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?
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14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of a garment.
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15 And from the wicked their light is withholden , and the high arm shall be broken .
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15 The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.
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16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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16 "Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?
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17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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17 Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death ?
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18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.
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19 Where is the way where light dwelleth ? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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19 "What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?
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20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
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20 Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
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21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born ? or because the number of thy days is great?
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21 Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!
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22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,
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23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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23 which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
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24 By what way is the light parted , which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
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25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
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26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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26 to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it,
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27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth ?
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27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
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28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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28 Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?
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29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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29 From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
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30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen .
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30 when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?
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31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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31 "Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion?
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32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?
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33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up [God's] dominion over the earth?
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34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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34 "Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
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35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go , and say unto thee, Here we are?
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35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?
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36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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36 Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind ?
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37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
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38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together ?
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38 when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?
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39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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39 "Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions
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40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?
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41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
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