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God Speaks Now to 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?
By words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
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 set its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?
Or who stretched the line on 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 enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
When I made a cloud 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 I placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
And set a bolt and doors,
When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?
And here shall your proud waves stop’?
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
God’s Mighty Power
“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
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 ends 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 they stand forth like a garment.
And they stand forth 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 the uplifted arm is broken.
And the 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 understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.
Tell Me, 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 darkness, where is its place,
And darkness, where is its place,
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 distress,
For the day of war and battle?
For the day of war and battle?
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
“Where is the way that the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Or 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 without people,
On a desert without a man in it,
On a desert without a man in it,
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 seeds of grass to sprout?
And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
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 has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
“Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
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?
“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her satellites?
And guide the Bear with her satellites?
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,
Or fix their rule over the earth?
Or fix their rule over 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,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?
So that an abundance of water will 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 has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the mind?
Or given understanding to the mind?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?
And the clods stick 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
And lie in wait in their lair?
And lie in wait in their lair?
When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?