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| 38:1 |
And 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; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
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| 38:4 |
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
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| 38:5 |
Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
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| 38:6 |
Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
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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 |
And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
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| 38:9 |
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
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| 38:10 |
When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
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| 38:11 |
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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| 38:12 |
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
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| 38:13 |
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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| 38:14 |
It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
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| 38:15 |
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
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| 38:16 |
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
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| 38:17 |
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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| 38:18 |
Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
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| 38:19 |
Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
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| 38:20 |
That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
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| 38:21 |
Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
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| 38:22 |
Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
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| 38:23 |
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
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| 38:24 |
By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
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| 38:25 |
Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
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| 38:26 |
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
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| 38:27 |
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
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| 38:28 |
Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
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| 38:29 |
Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
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| 38:30 |
When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
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| 38:31 |
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
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| 38:32 |
Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
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| 38:33 |
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
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| 38:34 |
Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
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| 38:35 |
Dost 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 numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
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| 38:38 |
When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
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| 38:39 |
Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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| 38:40 |
When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
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| 38:41 |
Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?
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