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The Lord Speaks
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He 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 obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
with words without knowledge?
“Who is this that questions my wisdom
with such ignorant words?
with such ignorant words?
Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
I will question you,
and you shall answer 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 were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
Tell me, if you understand.
“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 marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?
and stretched out the surveying line?
On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone —
or who laid its cornerstone —
What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
and who laid its cornerstone
“Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
when it burst forth from 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 clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
and as I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it in thick darkness?
and wrapped it in thick darkness?
when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
and set its doors and bars in place,
For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.
limiting its shores.
when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt’?
here is where your proud waves halt’?
I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’
Here your proud waves must stop!’
“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
or shown the dawn its 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 the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked out of it?
and shake the wicked 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?
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
its features stand out like those of a garment.
its features stand out like those of a garment.
The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.
and their upraised arm is broken.
The light disturbs the wicked
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
“Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
“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 shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
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?
Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.
Tell me, if you know all this.
Do you realize the extent of the earth?
Tell me about it if you know!
Tell me about it if you know!
“What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
And where does darkness reside?
“Where does light come from,
and where does darkness go?
and where does darkness go?
Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
Can you take each to its home?
Do you know how to get there?
Do you know how to get there?
Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
You have lived so many years!
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!
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
or seen the storehouses 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 reserve for times of trouble,
for days of war and battle?
for days of war and battle?
(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.)
What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
or the place where the east winds are scattered over 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 cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
“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 water a land where no one lives,
an uninhabited desert,
an uninhabited desert,
Who makes the rain fall on barren land,
in a desert where no one lives?
in a desert where no one lives?
to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?
and make it sprout with grass?
Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
and make the tender grass spring up?
and make the tender grass spring up?
Does the rain have a father?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
“Does the rain have a father?
Who gives birth to the dew?
Who gives birth to the dew?
From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
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?
when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?
when the surface 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.
“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?
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?
Do you know the laws of the universe?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?
“Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?
and cover yourself with a flood of water?
“Can you shout to the clouds
and make it rain?
and make it rain?
Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
Do they report to you, ‘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 gives intuition to the heart
and instinct to the mind?
and instinct to the mind?
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
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 becomes hard
and the clods of earth stick together?
and the clods of earth stick together?
when the parched ground is dry
and the soil has hardened into clods?
and the soil has hardened into clods?
“Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
“Can you stalk prey for a lioness
and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in a thicket?
or lie in wait in a thicket?
as they lie in their dens
or crouch in the thicket?
or crouch in the thicket?