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God Speaks Now to Job

Then the LORD aanswered Job from the whirlwind and said,

2 “Who is this who adarkens the divine planBy words without knowledge?3 “Now 1atighten the belt on your waist like a man,And bI shall ask you, and you inform Me!4 “Where were you awhen I laid the foundation of the earth?Tell Me, if you 1have understanding,5 Who set its ameasurements? Since you know.Or who stretched the measuring line over it?6 “On what awere its bases sunk?Or who laid its cornerstone,7 When the morning stars sang togetherAnd all the asons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Or who aenclosed the sea with doorsWhen it went out from the womb, bursting forth;9 When I made a cloud its garment,And thick darkness its swaddling bands,10 And I 1aplaced boundaries on itAnd set a bolt and doors,11 And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther;And here your proud waves shall stop’?
God’s Mighty Power
12 “Have you 1ever in your life commanded the morning,And made the dawn know its place,13 So that it would take hold of athe ends of the earth,And bthe wicked would be shaken off from it?14 “It is changed like clay under the seal;And they stand out like a garment.15 “aTheir light is withheld from the wicked,And the buplifted arm is broken.
16 “Have you entered athe springs of the sea,And walked 1in the depth of the ocean?17 “Have the gates of death been revealed to you,And have you seen the gates of adeep darkness?18 “Have you understood the 1expanse of athe earth?Tell Me, if you know all this.
19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?And darkness, where is its place,20 That you would take it to aits territory,And discern the paths to its 1home?21 “You know, for ayou were born then,And the number of your days is great!22 “Have you entered the storehouses aof the snow,And have you seen the storehouses of the bhail,23 Which I have reserved for a time of distress,For a day of war and battle?24 “Where is the way that athe light is divided,And the east wind scattered on the earth?
25 “Who has split open a channel for the flood,And a way for the thunderbolt,26 To bring arain on a land without 1people,On a desert without a person in it,27 To asatisfy the waste and desolate land,And to make the 1seeds of grass to sprout?28 “Does athe rain have a father?Or who has fathered the drops of dew?29 “From whose womb has come the aice?And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?30 “Water 1becomes hard like stone,And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
31 “Can you tie up the chains of the aPleiades,Or untie the cords of Orion?32 “Can you bring out a 1constellation in its season,And guide the Bear with her 2satellites?33 “Do you know the aordinances of the heavens,Or do you establish their rule over the earth?
34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds,So that an aabundance of water will cover you?35 “Can you asend flashes of lightning, so that they may goAnd say to you, ‘Here we are’?36 “Who has aput wisdom in the innermost being,Or given bunderstanding to the 1mind?37 “Who can count the clouds by wisdom,And apour out the water jars of the heavens,38 When the dust hardens into a massAnd the clods stick together?
39 “Can you hunt the aprey for the lioness,Or satisfy the appetite of young lions,40 When they acrouch in their hiding places,And lie in wait in their lair?41 “Who prepares 1feed for athe ravenWhen its young cry to God,And wander about without food?