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The Lord Answers Job
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
God Challenges Job
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who determined its measurements — surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
Or who stretched the line upon it?
Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
or who laid its cornerstone,
Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
when the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
“Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
when it burst out from the womb,
And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
when I made clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
and prescribed limits for it
and set bars and doors,
and set bars and doors,
When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
“Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?
and the wicked be shaken out of it?
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
and its features stand out like a garment.
It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
From the wicked their light is withheld,
and their uplifted arm is broken.
and their uplifted arm is broken.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
“Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.
Declare, if you know all this.
Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
“Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
and where is the place of darkness,
Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern the paths to its home?
and that you may discern the paths to its home?
That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
You know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
and the number of your days is great!
Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war?
for the day of battle and war?
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
and a way for the thunderbolt,
and a way for the thunderbolt,
Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
to bring rain on a land where no man is,
on the desert in which there is no man,
on the desert in which there is no man,
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground sprout with grass?
and to make the ground sprout with grass?
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
“Has the rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
From whose womb did the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.
and the face of the deep is frozen.
When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
or loose the cords of Orion?
or loose the cords of Orion?
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that a flood of waters may cover you?
that a flood of waters may cover you?
Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods stick fast together?
and the clods stick fast together?
When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in their thicket?
or lie in wait in their thicket?
When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?