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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, |
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? |
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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. |
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. |
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Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who stretched the line upon it? |
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Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; |
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When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
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{cf15i Or who} shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, {cf15i as if} it had issued out of the womb; |
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, |
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And prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors, |
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? |
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days {cf15i began, and} caused the dayspring to know its place; |
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? |
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It is changed as clay under the seal; and {cf15i all things} stand forth as a garment: |
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken. |
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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? |
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Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? |
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Hast thou comprehended the breadth of the earth? declare, if thou knowest it all. |
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Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof; |
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof? |
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{cf15i Doubtless}, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! |
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Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, |
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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? |
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By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth? |
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Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder; |
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To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; |
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To satisfy the waste and desolate {cf15i ground}; and to cause the tender grass to spring forth? |
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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? |
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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? |
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The waters are hidden as {cf15i with} stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. |
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Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? |
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Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? or canst thou guide the Bear with her train? |
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Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? |
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? |
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Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? |
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? |
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Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, |
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When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? |
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
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When they couch in their dens, {cf15i and} abide in the covert to lie in wait? |
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Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, {cf15i and} wander for lack of meat? |
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