RWebster - Job - 38

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 of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

38:6  Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;

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 broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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

38:10  And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

38:11  And said, Thus far 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 its place;

38:13  That it might take hold of the ends of 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 withheld, 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 revealed to 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 its place,

38:20  That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

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 treasuries of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasuries 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, in which 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 the 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 its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?

38:33  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?

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

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

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 pour out the water 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 crouch 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 to God, they wander for want of food.