Job 38

1And Jehovah answered JobH347 out of the whirlwind and saidH559, 2Who is this that darkeneth counselH6098 by wordsH4405 without knowledgeH1847? 3GirdH247 up now thy loinsH2504 like a manH1397; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me. 4WhereH375 wast thou when I foundedH3245 the earthH776? DeclareH5046, if thou hast understandingH998. 5Who setH7760 the measures thereof — if thou knowest? or who stretchedH5186 a line upon it? 6Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, 7When the morningH1242 starsH3556 sangH7442 togetherH3162, and all the sonsH1121 of 1GodH430 shoutedH7321 for joyH7442? 8And who shut up the seaH3220 with doorsH1817, when it burstH1518 forthH3318, issuing out of the wombH7358? 9When I madeH7760 the cloudH6051 its garment, and thickH6205 darknessH6205 a swaddling band for it; 10When I cut out for it my boundaryH2706, and setH7760 barsH1280 and doorsH1817, 11And saidH559, Hitherto shalt thou comeH935 and no further, and hereH6311 shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12Hast thou since thy daysH3117 commandedH6680 the morningH1242? hast thou caused the dawnH7837 to knowH3045 its placeH4725, 13That it might takeH270 holdH270 of the ends of the earthH776, and the wicked might be shakenH5287 out of it? 14It is changedH2015 like the signet-clay; and [all things] standH3320 forth as in a garment: 15And from the wicked their lightH216 is withholden, and the upliftedH7311 armH2220 is brokenH7665. 16Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the seaH3220? and hast thou walkedH1980 in the recesses of the deepH8415? 17Have the gatesH8179 of deathH4194 been revealedH1540 unto thee? and hast thou seenH7200 the gatesH8179 of the shadow of deathH4194? 18Hath thine understandingH995 compassed the breadths of the earthH776? DeclareH5046 if thou knowest it all. 19WhereH335 is the wayH1870 to whereH335 lightH216 dwelleth? and the darknessH2822, whereH335 is its placeH4725, 20That thou shouldest takeH3947 it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the pathsH5410 to its houseH1004? 21Thou knowest, for thou wast thenH227 bornH3205, and the numberH4557 of thy daysH3117 is greatH7227! 22Hast thou entered into the storehousesH214 of the snowH7950, and hast thou seenH7200 the treasuriesH214 of the hailH1259, 23Which I have reserved for the timeH6256 of distressH6862, for the dayH3117 of battleH4421 and warH4421? 24By what wayH1870 is the lightH216 parted, [and] the eastH6921 windH6921 scatteredH6327 upon the earthH776? 25Who hath dividedH6385 a channel for the rain-flood, and a wayH1870 for the thunder's flash; 26To cause it to rainH4305 on the earthH776, where no oneH376 is; on the wildernessH4057 wherein there is not a manH376; 27To satisfyH7646 the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sproutH6779 of the grassH1877 to springH6779 forth? 28Hath the rainH4306 a fatherH1? or who begetteth the drops of dewH2919? 29Out of whose wombH990 cometh the iceH7140? and the hoary frostH7140 of heavenH8064, who bringeth it forthH3318? 30When the watersH4325 lie hiddenH2244 as in stoneH68, and the faceH6440 of the deepH8415 holdeth fast together. 31Canst thou fasten the bands of the PleiadesH3598, or loosenH6605 the cords of OrionH3685? 32Dost thou bringH3318 forthH3318 the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guideH5148 the BearH5906 with her sonsH1121? 33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavensH8064? dost thou determine their rule over the earthH776? 34Dost thou liftH7311 up thy voiceH6963 to the cloudsH5645, that floods of watersH4325 may coverH3680 thee? 35Dost thou sendH7971 forthH7971 lightningsH1300 that they may goH7971, and sayH559 unto thee, HereH2005 we are? 36Who hath putH5414 wisdomH2451 in the inward parts? or who hath givenH5414 understandingH998 to the mind? 37Who numbereth the cloudsH7834 with wisdomH2451? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavensH8064, 38When the dustH6083 runneth as into a molten mass, and the clodsH7263 cleave fast togetherH1692? 39Dost thou huntH6679 the preyH2964 for the lionessH3833, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the youngH3715 lionsH3715, 40When they crouch in [their] densH4585, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait? 41Who provideth for the ravenH6158 his foodH400, when his youngH3206 ones cryH7768 unto 2GodH410, [and] they wanderH8582 for lack of meat?