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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
and said,

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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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Gird up now thy loins like a man;
for I will demand of thee,
and answer thou me.

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare,
if thou hast understanding.

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Who hath laid the measures thereof,
if thou knowest?
or who hath stretched the line upon it?

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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
or who laid the corner stone thereof;

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When the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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Or who shut up the sea with doors,
when it brake forth,
as if it had issued out of the womb?

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When I made the cloud the garment thereof,
and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

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And brake up for it my decreed place,
and set bars and doors,

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And said,
Hitherto shalt thou come,
but no further:
and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;
and caused the dayspring to know his place;

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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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It is turned as clay to the seal;
and they stand as a garment.

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And from the wicked their light is withholden,
and the high arm shall be broken.

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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?
or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?
or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
declare if thou knowest it all.

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Where is the way where light dwelleth?
and as for darkness,
where is the place thereof,

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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,
and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

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Knowest thou it,
because thou wast then born?
or because the number of thy days is great?

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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?
or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
against the day of battle and war?

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By what way is the light parted,
which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,
or a way for the lightning of thunder;

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To cause it to rain on the earth,
where no man is;
on the wilderness,
wherein there is no man;

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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground;
and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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Hath the rain a father?
or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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Out of whose womb came the ice?
and the hoary frost of heaven,
who hath gendered it?

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The waters are hid as with a stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.

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Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
or loose the bands of Orion?

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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?
or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?
canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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Canst thou send lightnings,
that they may go and say unto thee,
Here we are?

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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
or who hath given understanding to the heart?

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Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

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When the dust groweth into hardness,
and the clods cleave fast together?

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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?
or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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When they couch in their dens,
and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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Who provideth for the raven his food?
when his young ones cry unto God,
they wander for lack of meat.