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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 Speaks Now to Job
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Then the LORD 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 darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?
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.
“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
Tell me, if you understand.
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,
Tell Me, if you have 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 its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?
Or who stretched the line on it?
On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone —
or who laid its cornerstone —
“On what were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
Or who laid its cornerstone,
When the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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,
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
and set its doors and bars in place,
And I placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
And set a bolt 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 I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?
And here shall your proud waves stop’?
“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
or shown the dawn its place,
God’s Mighty Power
“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And 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 be shaken out of it?
And the wicked 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 clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like a garment.
And they stand forth like a garment.
The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.
and their upraised arm is broken.
“From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the uplifted arm is broken.
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?
“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Or 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 to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.
Tell me, if you know all this.
“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.
Tell Me, if you know all this.
“What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
And where does darkness reside?
“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,
And 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 you may take it to its territory
And that you may discern the paths to its home?
And that you may discern the paths to its home?
Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
You have lived so many years!
“You know, for you were born then,
And the number of your days is great!
And the number of your 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,
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Or have you seen the storehouses 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 war and battle?
For the day of war and battle?
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?
“Where is the way that the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,
to water a land where no one lives,
an uninhabited desert,
an uninhabited desert,
To bring rain on a land without people,
On a desert without a man in it,
On a desert without a man in it,
to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?
and make it sprout with grass?
To satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
Does the rain have a father?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Or who has begotten 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
“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?
when the surface of the deep is frozen?
“Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?
Or loose the cords of Orion?
“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her satellites?
And guide the Bear with her satellites?
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?
Or fix 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?
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?
So that an abundance of water will cover you?
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’?
“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the mind?
Or 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 can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
Or tip the water jars 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 hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?
And the clods stick together?
“Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Or 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 lie in wait in their lair?
And lie in wait in their lair?