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Job 38:4-18

4WhereH375 wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earthH776?DeclareH5046, if thou hast understandingH998.5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest?Or who stretchedH5186 the line upon it?6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened?Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,7When the morningH1242 starsH3556 sangH7442 togetherH3162,And all the sonsH1121 of GodH430 shoutedH7321 for joyH7442?8Orwho shut up the seaH3220 with doorsH1817,When it brake forthH3318, as if it had issued out of the wombH7358;9When I madeH7760 cloudsH6051 the garment thereof,And thickH6205 darknessH6205 a swaddling-band for it,10And marked out for it my bound,And setH7760 barsH1280 and doorsH1817,11And saidH559, Hitherto shalt thou comeH935, but no further;And hereH6311 shall thy proud waves be stayed?12Hast thou commandedH6680 the morningH1242 since thy daysH3117 began,And caused the dayspring to knowH3045 its placeH4725;13That it might takeH270 holdH270 of the ends of the earthH776,And the wicked be shakenH5287 out of it?14It is changedH2015 as clay under the sealH2368;Andall thingsstandH3320 forth as a garment:15And from the wicked their lightH216 is withholden,And the highH7311 armH2220 is brokenH7665.16Hast thou entered into the springs of the seaH3220?Or hast thou walkedH1980 in the recesses of the deepH8415?17Have the gatesH8179 of deathH4194 been revealedH1540 unto thee?Or hast thou seenH7200 the gatesH8179 of the shadow of deathH4194?18Hast thou comprehended the earthH776 in its breadth?DeclareH5046, if thou knowest it all.

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