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Job 38:1-11

1 And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

1 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:

2 Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

2 “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?

3 Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

5 By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?

6 On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—

7 When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

10 when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,

11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?

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