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1 Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
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Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?
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"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou 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 laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.
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"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,
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On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone
7 When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?
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when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
8 Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:
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"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb?—
9 When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?
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when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:
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and prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors,
11 And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.
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and said, "Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stopped'?
12 Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?
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"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken 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 The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment.
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It is changed like clay under the seal, and it is dyed like a garment.
15 From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Light is withheld from the wicked, and their uplifted arm is broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts 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 Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?
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Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
18 Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things?
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Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where 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 That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.
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that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
21 Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?
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Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
22 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail:
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"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?
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which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?
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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 Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:
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"Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
26 That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:
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to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on the desert, which is empty of human life,
27 That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
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to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
28 Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?
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"Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?
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From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
30 The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.
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The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?
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"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?
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Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
33 Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
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"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that a flood of waters may cover you?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?
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Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go and say to you, "Here we are'?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?
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Who has put wisdom in the inward parts, or given understanding to the mind?
37 Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
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Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?
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when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cling together?
39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,
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"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
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when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert?
41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?
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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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