Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Job:
Chapter 38
1. THEN the
LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3. Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and
answer thou me.
4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if
thou hast understanding.
5. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath
stretched the line upon it?
6. Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof;
7. When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted
for joy?
8. Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had
issued out of the womb?
9. When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it,
10. And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11. And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall
thy proud waves be stayed?
12. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
dayspring to know his place;
13. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked
might be shaken out of it?
14. It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15. And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm
shall be broken.
16. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked
in the search of the depth?
17. Have the gates of death been opened unto thee: or hast thou seen the
doors of the shadow of death?
18. Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou
knowest it all.
19. Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is
the place thereof,
20. That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou
shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21. Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number
of thy days is great?
22. Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen
the treasures of the hail?
23. Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day
of battle and war?
24. By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon
the earth?
25. Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a
way for the lightning of thunder;
26. To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the
wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27. To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of
the tender herb to spring forth?
28. Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29. Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who
hath gendered it?
30. The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is
frozen.
31. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Plei-a-des, or loose the
bands of O-ri-on?
32. Canst thou bring forth Mazz-a-roth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arc-tu-rus with his sons?
33. Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?
34. Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters
may cover thee?
35. Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee,
Here we are?
36. Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart?
37. Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of
heaven,
38. When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast
together?
39. Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the
young lions?
40. When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in
wait?
41. Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto
God, they wander for lack of meat.
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