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1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He 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 darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?
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2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?
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3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer 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 were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
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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 marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across 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 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--
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6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--
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7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels 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 "Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from 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 clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
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9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
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10 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,
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10 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,
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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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11 when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?
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12 "Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its 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 the earth by the edges and shake the wicked 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 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of 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 The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.
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15 The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.
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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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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 shown to you? Have you seen the gates 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 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.
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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 "What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?
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19 "What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?
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20 Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
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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 Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!
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21 Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!
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22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses 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 reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
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23 which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?
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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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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 cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,
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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 water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it,
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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 a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
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27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
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28 Does the rain have a father? Who fathers 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 From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
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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 when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface 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 "Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords 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 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?
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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 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up [God's] dominion over 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 "Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
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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 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, '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 endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind ?
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36 Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind ?
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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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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 becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?
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38 when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?
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39 "Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the 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 crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?
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40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?
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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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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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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
