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| 38:1 |
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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| 38:2 |
Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
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| 38:3 |
Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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| 38:4 |
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
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| 38:5 |
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
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| 38:6 |
Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
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| 38:7 |
When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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| 38:8 |
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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| 38:9 |
When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
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| 38:10 |
And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
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| 38:11 |
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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| 38:12 |
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [And] caused the dayspring to know its place;
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| 38:13 |
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
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| 38:14 |
It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:
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| 38:15 |
And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
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| 38:16 |
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
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| 38:17 |
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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| 38:18 |
Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
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| 38:19 |
Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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| 38:20 |
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
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| 38:21 |
[Doubtless], thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!
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| 38:22 |
Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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| 38:23 |
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
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| 38:24 |
By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
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| 38:25 |
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
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| 38:26 |
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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| 38:27 |
To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
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| 38:28 |
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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| 38:29 |
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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| 38:30 |
The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
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| 38:31 |
Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?
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| 38:32 |
Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
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| 38:33 |
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
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| 38:34 |
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
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| 38:35 |
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
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| 38:36 |
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
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| 38:37 |
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
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| 38:38 |
When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
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| 38:39 |
Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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| 38:40 |
When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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| 38:41 |
Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?
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