| 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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| 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer1 thou me.
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| 4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast2 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 foundations3 thereof fastened4? 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 brake5 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 thy6 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 ends7 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 bound8 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 is9 frozen.
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| 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,10 or loose the bands of Orion11?
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| 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth12 in his season? or canst thou guide13 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, Here14 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 stay15 the bottles of heaven,
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| 38 When the dust groweth16 into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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| 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite17 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.
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