18_JOB_38_01 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, And said,
18_JOB_38_02 who [ Is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
18_JOB_38_03 gird up now thy loins like A man; for I will demand of thee, And answer thou me.
18_JOB_38_04 where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
18_JOB_38_05 who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
18_JOB_38_06 whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
18_JOB_38_07 when the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
18_JOB_38_08 or [ who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [ as if] it had issued out of the womb?
18_JOB_38_09 when I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness A swaddlingband for it,
18_JOB_38_10 And brake up for it my decreed [ place], And set bars And doors,
18_JOB_38_11 And said, hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
18_JOB_38_12 hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [ And] caused the dayspring to know his place;
18_JOB_38_13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
18_JOB_38_14 it Is turned as clay [ to] the seal; And they stand as A garment.
18_JOB_38_15 And from the wicked their light Is withholden, And the high arm shall be broken.
18_JOB_38_16 hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
18_JOB_38_17 have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18_JOB_38_18 hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
18_JOB_38_19 where [ Is] the way [ where] light dwelleth? And [ as for] darkness, where [ Is] the place thereof,
18_JOB_38_20 that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest know the paths [ to] the house thereof?
18_JOB_38_21 knowest thou [ it], because thou wast Then born? or [ because] the number of thy days [ Is] great?
18_JOB_38_22 hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
18_JOB_38_23 which I have reserved against the time of Trouble, against the day of battle And war?
18_JOB_38_24 by what way Is the light parted, [ which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
18_JOB_38_25 who hath divided A watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or A way for the lightning of thunder;
18_JOB_38_26 to cause it to rain on the earth, [ where] no man [ Is; on] the wilderness, wherein [ there Is] no man;
18_JOB_38_27 to satisfy the desolate And waste [ ground]; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
18_JOB_38_28 hath the rain A Father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
18_JOB_38_29 out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
18_JOB_38_30 the waters are hid as [ with] A stone, And the face of the deep Is frozen.
18_JOB_38_31 canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or Loose the bands of Orion?
18_JOB_38_32 canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
18_JOB_38_33 knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
18_JOB_38_34 canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
18_JOB_38_35 canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, here we [ are]?
18_JOB_38_36 who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
18_JOB_38_37 who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
18_JOB_38_38 when the dust groweth into hardness, And the clods cleave fast together?
18_JOB_38_39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
18_JOB_38_40 when they couch in [ their] dens, [ And] abide in the covert to Lie in wait?
18_JOB_38_41 who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.