Job 38:1 ¶ Then Yahweh3068 answered6030 Job347 out of the whirlwind,5591 cr 2 "Who is this who darkens2821 counsel6098 by words4405 without knowledge?1847 cr 3 Brace247 yourself2504 like a man,1397 for I will question7592 you, then you answer3045 me! cr

Job 38:4 ¶ "Where375 were you when I laid the foundations3245 of the earth?776 Declare,5046 if you have3045 understanding.998 cr 5 Who determined7760 its measures,4461 if you know?3045 Or who stretched5186 the line6957 on it? cr 6 Whereupon were its foundations134 fastened?2883 Or who laid3384 its6438 cornerstone,68 cr 7 when the morning1242 stars3556 sang7442 together,3162 and all the sons1121 of God430 shouted7321 for joy? cr

Job 38:8 ¶ "Or who shut up5526 the sea3220 with doors,1817 when it broke forth1518 from3318 the womb,7358 cr 9 when I made7760 clouds6051 its garment,3830 and wrapped2854 it in thick darkness,6205 cr 10 marked7665 out for it my bound,2706 set7760 bars1280 and doors,1817 cr 11 and said,559 ‘Here5704 you may come,935 but no further.3254 Here your proud1347 waves1530 shall be stayed?'7896 cr

Job 38:12 ¶ "Have you commanded6680 the morning1242 in your days,3117 and caused the dawn7837 to know3045 its place;4725 cr 13 that it might take hold270 of the ends3671 of the earth,776 and shake the wicked7563 out5287 of it? cr 14 It is changed2015 as clay2563 under the seal,2368 and stands3320 forth as a garment.3830 cr 15 From the wicked,7563 their light216 is withheld.4513 The high7311 arm2220 is broken.7665 cr

Job 38:16 ¶ "Have you entered935 into the springs5033 of the sea?3220 Or have you walked1980 in the recesses2714 of the deep?8415 cr 17 Have the gates8179 of death4194 been revealed1540 to you? Or have you seen7200 the gates8179 of the shadow of death?6757 cr 18 Have you comprehended995 the earth776 in its breadth?7338 Declare,5046 if you know3045 it all. cr

Job 38:19 ¶ "What is the way1870 to the dwelling7931 of light?216 As for darkness,2822 where is its place,4725 cr 20 that you should take3947 it to its bound,1366 that you should discern995 the paths5410 to its house?1004 cr 21 Surely you know,3045 for you were born3205 then, and the number4557 of your days3117 is great!7227 cr 22 Have you entered935 the treasuries214 of the snow,7950 or have you seen7200 the treasures214 of the hail,1259 cr 23 which I have reserved2820 against the time6256 of trouble,6862 against the day3117 of battle7128 and war?7128 cr 24 By what335 way1870 is the lightning216 distributed,216 or the east wind6921 scattered6327 on the earth?776 cr 25 Who has cut6385 a channel8585 for the flood water,7858 or the path1870 for the2385 thunderstorm;6963 cr 26 To cause it to rain4305 on a land776 where no man376 is; on the wilderness,4057 in which there is no man;120 cr 27 to satisfy7646 the waste4875 and desolate7722 ground, to cause the tender4161 grass1877 to spring forth?6779 cr 28 Does the rain4306 have3426 a father?1 Or who fathers3205 the drops96 of dew?2919 cr 29 Out of whose womb990 came3318 the ice?7140 The gray frost3713 of the sky,8064 who has given birth3205 to it? cr 30 The waters4325 become hard2244 like stone,68 when the surface6440 of the deep8415 is frozen.3920 cr

Job 38:31 ¶ "Can you bind7194 the cluster4575 of the Pleiades,3598 or loosen6605 the cords4189 of Orion?3685 cr 32 Can you lead forth3318 the constellations4216 in their season?6256 Or can you guide5148 the Bear5906 with her cubs?1121 cr 33 Do you know3045 the laws2708 of the heavens?8064 Can you establish7760 its dominion4896 over the earth?776 cr

Job 38:34 ¶ "Can you lift up7311 your voice6963 to the clouds,5645 That abundance8229 of waters4325 may cover3680 you? cr 35 Can you send7971 forth lightnings,1300 that they may go?3212 Do they report559 to you, ‘Here we are?' cr 36 Who has put7896 wisdom2451 in the inward parts?2910 Or who has given5414 understanding998 to the mind?7907 cr 37 Who can number5608 the clouds7834 by wisdom?2451 Or who can pour7901 out the bottles5035 of the sky,8064 cr 38 when the dust6083 runs3332 into a mass,4165 and the clods7263 of earth stick together?1692 cr

Job 38:39 ¶ "Can you hunt6679 the prey2964 for the lioness,3833 or satisfy4390 the appetite2416 of the young lions,3715 cr 40 when they crouch7817 in their dens,4585 3427 and3926 lie in wait695 in the thicket?5521 cr 41 Who provides3559 for the raven6158 his prey,6718 when his young ones3206 cry7768 to God,410 and wander8582 for lack1097 of food?400 cr