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God Challenges Job
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
The LORD Challenges Job
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
“Who is this that questions my wisdom
with such ignorant words?
with such ignorant words?
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Brace yourself like a man,
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.
Tell me, if you know so much.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?
and stretched out the surveying line?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
and who laid its cornerstone
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
as it burst from the womb,
as it burst from the womb,
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
and as I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it in thick darkness?
and wrapped it in thick darkness?
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.
limiting its shores.
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’
Here your proud waves must stop!’
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
“Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
The light disturbs the wicked
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
“Have you explored the springs from which the seas come?
Have you explored their depths?
Have you explored their depths?
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Do you know where the gates of death are located?
Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Do you realize the extent of the earth?
Tell me about it if you know!
Tell me about it if you know!
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
“Where does light come from,
and where does darkness go?
and where does darkness go?
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Can you take each to its home?
Do you know how to get there?
Do you know how to get there?
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
But of course you know all this!
For you were born before it was all created,
and you are so very experienced!
For you were born before it was all created,
and you are so very experienced!
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
“Have you visited the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of hail?
or seen the storehouses of hail?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war.)
for the day of battle and war.)
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Where is the path to the source of light?
Where is the home of the east wind?
Where is the home of the east wind?
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
“Who created a channel for the torrents of rain?
Who laid out the path for the lightning?
Who laid out the path for the lightning?
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
Who makes the rain fall on barren land,
in a desert where no one lives?
in a desert where no one lives?
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
and make the tender grass spring up?
and make the tender grass spring up?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
“Does the rain have a father?
Who gives birth to the dew?
Who gives birth to the dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Who is the mother of the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens?
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
and the surface of the water freezes.
and the surface of the water freezes.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
“Can you direct the movement of the stars —
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Can you direct the constellations through the seasons
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Do you know the laws of the universe?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
“Can you shout to the clouds
and make it rain?
and make it rain?
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Can you make lightning appear
and cause it to strike as you direct?
and cause it to strike as you direct?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Who gives intuition to the heart
and instinct to the mind?
and instinct to the mind?
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?
Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
when the parched ground is dry
and the soil has hardened into clods?
and the soil has hardened into clods?
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
“Can you stalk prey for a lioness
and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
as they lie in their dens
or crouch in the thicket?
or crouch in the thicket?