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Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: |
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"Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? |
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Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. |
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"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. |
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Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line? |
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What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone |
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as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? |
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"Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb, |
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and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness? |
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For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores. |
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I said, 'This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!' |
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"Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east? |
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Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night's wickedness? |
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As the light approaches, the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal; it is robed in brilliant colors. |
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The light disturbs the wicked and stops the arm that is raised in violence. |
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"Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you explored their depths? |
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Do you know where the gates of death are located? Have you seen the gates of utter gloom? |
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Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know! |
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"Where does light come from, and where does darkness go? |
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Can you take each to its home? Do you know how to get there? |
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But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced! |
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"Have you visited the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of hail? |
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(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.) |
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Where is the path to the source of light? Where is the home of the east wind? |
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"Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning? |
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Who makes the rain fall on barren land, in a desert where no one lives? |
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Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground and make the tender grass spring up? |
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"Does the rain have a father? Who gives birth to the dew? |
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Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens? |
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For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes. |
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"Can you direct the movement of the stars-- binding the cluster of the Pleiades or loosening the cords of Orion? |
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Can you direct the sequence of the seasons or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens? |
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Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth? |
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"Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain? |
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Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct? |
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Who gives intuition to the heart and instinct to the mind? |
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Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven |
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when the parched ground is dry and the soil has hardened into clods? |
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"Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions' appetites |
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as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket? |
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Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger? |
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