38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

38:2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge:

38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me:

38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding:

38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it:

38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof:

38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy:

38:8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb:

38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it:

38:10 And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors:

38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed:

38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place:

38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it:

38:14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment:

38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken:

38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth:

38:17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death:

38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all:

38:19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof:

38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof:

38:21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great:

38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail:

38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war:

38:24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth:

38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder:

38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man:

38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth:

38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew:

38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it:

38:30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen:

38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion:

38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons:

38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth:

38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee:

38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we:

38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart:

38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven:

38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together:

38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions:

38:40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait:

38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat: