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The LORD Challenges Job
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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 questions my wisdom
with such ignorant words?
with such ignorant words?
“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?
By words without knowledge?
Brace yourself like a man,
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.
“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 foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.
Tell me, if you know so much.
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,
Tell Me, if you have understanding,
Who determined its dimensions
and stretched out the surveying line?
and stretched out the surveying line?
Who set its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?
Or who stretched the line on it?
What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
and 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 kept the sea inside its boundaries
as it burst from the womb,
as it burst 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;
and as I clothed it with clouds
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,
For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.
limiting its shores.
And I placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
And set a bolt and doors,
I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’
Here your proud waves must stop!’
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 commanded the morning to appear
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
God’s Mighty Power
“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
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?
“It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like a garment.
And they stand forth like a garment.
The light disturbs the wicked
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
and stops the arm that is raised in violence.
“From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the uplifted arm is broken.
And the uplifted arm is broken.
“Have you explored the springs from which the seas come?
Have you explored their depths?
Have you explored their depths?
“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?
Do you know where the gates of death are located?
Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?
“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?
Do you realize the extent of the earth?
Tell me about it if you know!
Tell me about it if you know!
“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.
Tell Me, if you know all this.
“Where does light come from,
and where does darkness go?
and where does darkness go?
“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,
And darkness, where is its place,
Can you take each to its home?
Do you know how to get there?
Do you know how to get there?
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?
But of course you know all this!
For you were born before it was all created,
and you are so very experienced!
For you were born before it was all created,
and you are so very experienced!
“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 visited the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of hail?
or seen the storehouses of 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,
(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war.)
for the day of battle and war.)
Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle?
For the day of war and battle?
Where is the path to the source of light?
Where is the home of the east wind?
Where is the home of the east wind?
“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 created a channel for the torrents of rain?
Who laid out the path for the lightning?
Who laid out the path for the lightning?
“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Who makes the rain fall on barren land,
in a desert where no one lives?
in a desert where no one lives?
To bring rain on a land without people,
On a desert without a man in it,
On a desert without a man in it,
Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
and make the tender grass spring up?
and make the tender grass spring up?
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 gives birth to the dew?
Who gives birth to the dew?
“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Who is the mother of 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?
For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
and the surface of the water freezes.
and the surface of the water freezes.
“Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
“Can you direct the movement of the stars —
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?
Or loose the cords of Orion?
Can you direct the constellations through the seasons
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
“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 laws of the universe?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?
Can you use them to regulate the earth?
“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?
Or fix their rule over the earth?
“Can you shout to the clouds
and make it rain?
and make it rain?
“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?
Can you make lightning appear
and cause it to strike as you direct?
and cause it to strike as you direct?
“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
Who gives intuition to the heart
and instinct to the mind?
and instinct to the mind?
“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the mind?
Or given understanding to the mind?
Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?
Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
Who can tilt the water jars of heaven
“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 parched ground is dry
and the soil has hardened into clods?
and the soil has hardened into clods?
When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?
And the clods stick together?
“Can you stalk prey for a lioness
and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
as they lie in their dens
or crouch in the thicket?
or crouch in the thicket?
When they crouch in their dens
And lie in wait in their lair?
And lie in wait in their lair?