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The Lord Speaks
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
God Challenges Job
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
“Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
with words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
Tell me, if you understand.
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone —
or who laid its cornerstone —
Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
“Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
when it burst forth from the womb,
And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
and set its doors and bars in place,
When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt’?
here is where your proud waves halt’?
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
or shown the dawn its place,
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked out of it?
and shake the wicked out of it?
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
its features stand out like those of a garment.
its features stand out like those of a garment.
It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.
and their upraised arm is broken.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
“Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Have the gates of death been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.
Tell me, if you know all this.
Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
“What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
And where does darkness reside?
Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
You have lived so many years!
Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
which I reserve for times of trouble,
for days of war and battle?
for days of war and battle?
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
to water a land where no one lives,
an uninhabited desert,
an uninhabited desert,
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?
and make it sprout with grass?
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
Does the rain have a father?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?
when the surface of the deep is frozen?
When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
“Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?
and cover yourself with a flood of water?
Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
when the dust becomes hard
and the clods of earth stick together?
and the clods of earth stick together?
When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
“Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in a thicket?
or lie in wait in a thicket?
When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?