| 1: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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| 2: 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 answer thou me. |
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| 4: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding. |
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| 5: Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who
hath stretched the line upon it? |
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| 6: Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid
the corner stone thereof; |
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| 7: When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy? |
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| 8: Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if
it had issued out of the womb? |
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| 9: When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness
a swaddlingband for it, |
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| 10: And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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| 11: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed? |
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| 12: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused
the dayspring to know his place; |
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| 13: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the
wicked might be shaken out of it? |
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| 14: It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a
garment. |
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| 15: And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high
arm shall be broken. |
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| 16: Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou
walked in the search of the depth? |
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| 17: Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou
seen the doors of the shadow of death? |
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| 18: Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou
knowest it all. |
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| 19: Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,
where is the place thereof, |
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| 20: That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that
thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? |
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| 21: Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the
number of thy days is great? |
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| 22: Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast
thou seen the treasures of the hail, |
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| 23: Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against
the day of battle and war? |
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| 24: By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east
wind upon the earth? |
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| 25: Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,
or a way for the lightning of thunder; |
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| 26: To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the
wilderness, wherein there is no man; |
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| 27: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the
bud of the tender herb to spring forth? |
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| 28: Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of
dew? |
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| 29: Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of
heaven, who hath gendered it? |
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| 30: The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep
is frozen. |
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| 31: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose
the bands of Orion? |
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| 32: Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons? |
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| 33: Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the
dominion thereof in the earth? |
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| 34: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of
waters may cover thee? |
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| 35: Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto
thee, Here we are? |
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| 36: Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart? |
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| 37: Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the
bottles of heaven, |
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| 38: When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave
fast together? |
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| 39: Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of
the young lions, |
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| 40: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie
in wait? |
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| 41: Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry
unto God, they wander for lack of meat. |
