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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: |
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"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? |
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Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. |
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"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. |
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Who determined its measurements- surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? |
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On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, |
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when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
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"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, |
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when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, |
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and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, |
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and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'? |
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"Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, |
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that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? |
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It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. |
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From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. |
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"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep? |
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Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? |
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Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. |
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"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, |
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that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home? |
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You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! |
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"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, |
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which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? |
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What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? |
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"Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt, |
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to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man, |
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to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass? |
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"Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? |
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From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven? |
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The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. |
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"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? |
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Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth1 in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? |
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? |
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"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? |
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Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? |
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Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind? |
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Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, |
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when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together? |
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"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
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when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket? |
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Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food? |
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