Job 38
1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,[SUP]2 [/SUP]Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
[SUP]7 [/SUP]When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
[SUP]9 [/SUP]When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
[SUP]13 [/SUP]That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
[SUP]14 [/SUP]It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
[SUP]17 [/SUP]Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
[SUP]20 [/SUP]That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
[SUP]22 [/SUP]Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
[SUP]23 [/SUP]Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
[SUP]24 [/SUP]By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
[SUP]26 [/SUP]To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
[SUP]27 [/SUP]To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
[SUP]28 [/SUP]Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
[SUP]29 [/SUP]Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
[SUP]30 [/SUP]The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
[SUP]32 [/SUP]Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
[SUP]33 [/SUP]Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
[SUP]34 [/SUP]Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
[SUP]35 [/SUP]Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
[SUP]36 [/SUP]Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
[SUP]37 [/SUP]Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
[SUP]38 [/SUP]When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
[SUP]39 [/SUP]Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
[SUP]40 [/SUP]When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
[SUP]41 [/SUP]Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.