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| 38:1 |
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
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| 38:2 |
"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
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| 38:3 |
"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
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| 38:4 |
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,
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| 38:5 |
Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
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| 38:6 |
"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
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| 38:7 |
When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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| 38:8 |
"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
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| 38:9 |
When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
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| 38:10 |
And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
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| 38:11 |
And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop'?
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| 38:12 |
"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,
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| 38:13 |
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
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| 38:14 |
"It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.
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| 38:15 |
"From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.
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| 38:16 |
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?
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| 38:17 |
"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
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| 38:18 |
"Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
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| 38:19 |
"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
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| 38:20 |
That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?
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| 38:21 |
"You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
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| 38:22 |
"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
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| 38:23 |
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?
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| 38:24 |
"Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
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| 38:25 |
"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,
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| 38:26 |
To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,
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| 38:27 |
To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
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| 38:28 |
"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
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| 38:29 |
"From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
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| 38:30 |
"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
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| 38:31 |
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
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| 38:32 |
"Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?
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| 38:33 |
"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
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| 38:34 |
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?
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| 38:35 |
"Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?
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| 38:36 |
"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?
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| 38:37 |
"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
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| 38:38 |
When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
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| 38:39 |
"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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| 38:40 |
When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?
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| 38:41 |
"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?
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