Job 38

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        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 Pleiades, or loose the bands of 
        Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus 
        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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