Then Jehovah{H3068} answered{H6030} Job{H347} out of the whirlwind,{H5591} and said,{H6030}

Who is this that darkeneth{H2821} counsel{H6098} By words{H4405} without knowledge?{H1847}

Gird up{H247} now thy loins{H2504} like a man;{H1397} For I will demand{H7592} of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Where{H375} wast thou when I laid the foundations{H3245} of the earth?{H776} Declare,{H5046} if thou hast{H3045} understanding.{H998}

Who determined{H7760} the measures{H4461} thereof, if thou knowest?{H3045} Or who stretched{H5186} the line{H6957} upon it?

Whereupon were the foundations{H134} thereof fastened?{H2883} Or who laid{H3384} the corner -{H6438} stone{H68} thereof,

When the morning{H1242} stars{H3556} sang{H7442} together,{H3162} And all the sons{H1121} of God{H430} shouted{H7321} for joy?

Or [who] shut up{H5526} the sea{H3220} with doors,{H1817} When it brake forth,{H1518} [as if] it had issued out{H3318} of the womb;{H7358}

When I made{H7760} clouds{H6051} the garment{H3830} thereof, And thick darkness{H6205} a swaddling-band{H2854} for it,

And marked{H7665} out for it my bound,{H2706} And set{H7760} bars{H1280} and doors,{H1817}

And said,{H559} Hitherto{H5704} shalt thou come,{H935} but no further;{H3254} And here shall thy proud{H1347} waves{H1530} be stayed?{H7896}

Hast thou commanded{H6680} the morning{H1242} since thy days{H3117} [began], [And] caused the dayspring{H7837} to know{H3045} its place;{H4725}

That it might take hold{H270} of the ends{H3671} of the earth,{H776} And the wicked{H7563} be shaken out{H5287} of it?

It is changed{H2015} as clay{H2563} under the seal;{H2368} And [all things] stand{H3320} forth as a garment:{H3830}

And from the wicked{H7563} their light{H216} is withholden,{H4513} And the high{H7311} arm{H2220} is broken.{H7665}

Hast thou entered{H935} into the springs{H5033} of the sea?{H3220} Or hast thou walked{H1980} in the recesses{H2714} of the deep?{H8415}

Have the gates{H8179} of death{H4194} been revealed{H1540} unto thee? Or hast thou seen{H7200} the gates{H8179} of the shadow of death?{H6757}

Hast thou comprehended{H995} the earth{H776} in its breadth?{H7338} Declare,{H5046} if thou knowest{H3045} it all.

Where is the way{H1870} to the dwelling{H7931} of light?{H216} And as for darkness,{H2822} where is the place{H4725} thereof,

That thou shouldest take{H3947} it to the bound{H1366} thereof, And that thou shouldest discern{H995} the paths{H5410} to the house{H1004} thereof?

[ Doubtless], thou knowest,{H3045} for thou wast then born,{H3205} And the number{H4557} of thy days{H3117} is great!{H7227}

Hast thou entered{H935} the treasuries{H214} of the snow,{H7950} Or hast thou seen{H7200} the treasures{H214} of the hail,{H1259}

Which I have reserved{H2820} against the time{H6256} of trouble,{H6862} Against the day{H3117} of battle{H7128} and war?{H4421}

By what{H335} way{H1870} is the light{H216} parted,{H2505} Or the east wind{H6921} scattered{H6327} upon the earth?{H776}

Who hath cleft{H6385} a channel{H8585} for the waterflood,{H7858} Or the way{H1870} for the lightning{H2385} of the thunder;{H6963}

To cause it to rain{H4305} on a land{H776} where no man{H376} is; On the wilderness,{H4057} wherein there is no man;{H120}

To satisfy{H7646} the waste{H4875} and desolate{H7722} [ground], And to cause the tender{H4161} grass{H1877} to spring forth?{H6779}

Hath{H3426} the rain{H4306} a father?{H1} Or who hath begotten{H3205} the drops{H96} of dew?{H2919}

Out of whose womb{H990} came{H3318} the ice?{H7140} And the hoary frost{H3713} of heaven,{H8064} who hath gendered{H3205} it?

The waters{H4325} hide{H2244} themselves [and become] like stone,{H68} And the face{H6440} of the deep{H8415} is frozen.{H3920}

Canst thou bind{H7194} the cluster{H4575} of the Pleiades,{H3598} Or loose{H6605} the bands{H4189} of Orion?{H3685}

Canst thou lead forth{H3318} the Mazzaroth{H4216} in their season?{H6256} Or canst thou guide{H5148} the Bear{H5906} with her train?{H1121}

Knowest{H3045} thou the ordinances{H2708} of the heavens?{H8064} Canst thou establish{H7760} the dominion{H4896} thereof in the earth?{H776}

Canst thou lift up{H7311} thy voice{H6963} to the clouds,{H5645} That abundance{H8229} of waters{H4325} may cover{H3680} thee?

Canst thou send{H7971} forth lightnings,{H1300} that they may go,{H3212} And say{H559} unto thee, Here we are?

Who hath put{H7896} wisdom{H2451} in the inward parts?{H2910} Or who hath given{H5414} understanding{H998} to the mind?{H7907}

Who can number{H5608} the clouds{H7834} by wisdom?{H2451} Or who can pour{H7901} out the bottles{H5035} of heaven,{H8064}

When the dust{H6083} runneth{H3332} into a mass,{H4165} And the clods{H7263} cleave fast together?{H1692}

Canst thou hunt{H6679} the prey{H2964} for the lioness,{H3833} Or satisfy{H4390} the appetite{H2416} of the young lions,{H3715}

When they couch{H7817} in their dens,{H4585} [And] abide{H3427} in the covert{H5521} to{H3926} lie in wait?{H695}

Who provideth{H3559} for the raven{H6158} his prey,{H6718} When his young ones{H3206} cry{H7768} unto God,{H410} [And] wander{H8582} for lack{H1097} of food?{H400}