Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, ,
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Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
2 Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in heart, and thinks to conceal from me?
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"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
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Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
4 Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,
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"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
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Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?
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On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone
7 When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.
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when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
8 And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb.
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"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb?—
9 And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.
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when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.
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and prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors,
11 And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.
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and said, "Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stopped'?
12 Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and the morning star see his appointed place;
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"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?
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so that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
14 Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth?
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It is changed like clay under the seal, and it is dyed like a garment.
15 And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?
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Light is withheld from the wicked, and their uplifted arm is broken.
16 Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?
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"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?
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Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
18 And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?
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Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
19 And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?
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"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,
20 If thou couldest bring me to their boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;
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that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
21 I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.
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Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
22 But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail?
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"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 And is there a store , for thee against the time of enemies, for the day of wars and battle?
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which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
24 And whence proceeds the frost? or is the south wind dispersed over the under heaven?
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What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
25 And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;
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"Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
26 to rain upon the land where no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited ,
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to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on the desert, which is empty of human life,
27 and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?
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to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
28 Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew?
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"Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,
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From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
30 which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?
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The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 And dost thou understand the band of Pleias, and hast thou opened the barrier of Orion?
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"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?
32 Or wilt thou reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?
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Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
33 And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
34 And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?
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"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that a flood of waters may cover you?
35 And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is ?
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Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go and say to you, "Here we are'?
36 And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?
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Who has put wisdom in the inward parts, or given understanding to the mind?
37 And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven to the earth?
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Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.
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when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cling together?
39 And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?
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"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.
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when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert?
41 And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.
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Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?
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