Then the LORD{H3068} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Job{H347} out of the whirlwind{H5591}, and said{H559}{(H8799)},

Who is this that darkeneth{H2821}{(H8688)} counsel{H6098} by words{H4405} without knowledge{H1847}?

Gird up{H247}{(H8798)} now thy loins{H2504} like a man{H1397}; for I will demand{H7592}{(H8799)} of thee, and answer{H3045}{(H8685)} thou me.

Where{H375} wast thou when I laid the foundations{H3245}{(H8800)} of the earth{H776}? declare{H5046}{(H8685)}, if thou hast{H3045}{(H8804)} understanding{H998}.

Who hath laid{H7760}{(H8804)} the measures{H4461} thereof, if thou knowest{H3045}{(H8799)}? or who hath stretched{H5186}{(H8804)} the line{H6957} upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations{H134} thereof fastened{H2883}{(H8717)}? or who laid{H3384}{(H8804)} the corner{H6438} stone{H68} thereof;

When the morning{H1242} stars{H3556} sang{H7442}{(H8800)} together{H3162}, and all the sons{H1121} of God{H430} shouted{H7321}{(H8686)} for joy?

Or who shut up{H5526}{(H8686)} the sea{H3220} with doors{H1817}, when it brake forth{H1518}{(H8800)}, as if it had issued out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the womb{H7358}?

When I made{H7760}{(H8800)} the cloud{H6051} the garment{H3830} thereof, and thick darkness{H6205} a swaddlingband{H2854} for it,

And brake up{H7665}{(H8799)} for it my decreed{H2706} place, and set{H7760}{(H8799)} bars{H1280} and doors{H1817},

And said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hitherto{H5704}{H6311} shalt thou come{H935}{(H8799)}, but no further{H3254}{(H8686)}: and here shall thy proud{H1347} waves{H1530} be stayed{H7896}{(H8799)}?

Hast thou commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} the morning{H1242} since thy days{H3117}; and caused the dayspring{H7837} to know{H3045}{(H8765)} his place{H4725};

That it might take hold{H270}{(H8800)} of the ends{H3671} of the earth{H776}, that the wicked{H7563} might be shaken out{H5287}{(H8735)} of it?

It is turned{H2015}{(H8691)} as clay{H2563} to the seal{H2368}; and they stand{H3320}{(H8691)} as a garment{H3830}.

And from the wicked{H7563} their light{H216} is withholden{H4513}{(H8735)}, and the high{H7311}{(H8802)} arm{H2220} shall be broken{H7665}{(H8735)}.

Hast thou entered{H935}{(H8804)} into the springs{H5033} of the sea{H3220}? or hast thou walked{H1980}{(H8694)} in the search{H2714} of the depth{H8415}?

Have the gates{H8179} of death{H4194} been opened{H1540}{(H8738)} unto thee? or hast thou seen{H7200}{(H8799)} the doors{H8179} of the shadow of death{H6757}?

Hast thou perceived{H995}{(H8712)} the breadth{H7338} of the earth{H776}? declare{H5046}{(H8685)} if thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} it all.

Where is the way{H1870} where light{H216} dwelleth{H7931}{(H8799)}? and as for darkness{H2822}, where is the place{H4725} thereof,

That thou shouldest take{H3947}{(H8799)} it to the bound{H1366} thereof, and that thou shouldest know{H995}{(H8799)} the paths{H5410} to the house{H1004} thereof?

Knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thou it, because thou wast then born{H3205}{(H8735)}? or because the number{H4557} of thy days{H3117} is great{H7227}?

Hast thou entered{H935}{(H8804)} into the treasures{H214} of the snow{H7950}? or hast thou seen{H7200}{(H8799)} the treasures{H214} of the hail{H1259},

Which I have reserved{H2820}{(H8804)} 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}{(H8735)}, which scattereth{H6327}{(H8686)} the east wind{H6921} upon the earth{H776}?

Who hath divided{H6385}{(H8765)} a watercourse{H8585} for the overflowing of waters{H7858}, or a way{H1870} for the lightning{H2385} of thunder{H6963};

To cause it to rain{H4305}{(H8687)} on the earth{H776}, where no man{H376} is; on the wilderness{H4057}, wherein there is no man{H120};

To satisfy{H7646}{(H8687)} the desolate{H7722} and waste{H4875} ground; and to cause the bud{H4161} of the tender herb{H1877} to spring forth{H6779}{(H8687)}?

Hath{H3426} the rain{H4306} a father{H1}? or who hath begotten{H3205}{(H8689)} the drops{H96} of dew{H2919}?

Out of whose womb{H990} came{H3318}{(H8804)} the ice{H7140}? and the hoary frost{H3713} of heaven{H8064}, who hath gendered{H3205}{(H8804)} it?

The waters{H4325} are hid{H2244}{(H8691)} as with a stone{H68}, and the face{H6440} of the deep{H8415} is frozen{H3920}{(H8691)}.

Canst thou bind{H7194}{(H8762)} the sweet influences{H4575} of Pleiades{H3598}, or loose{H6605}{(H8762)} the bands{H4189} of Orion{H3685}?

Canst thou bring forth{H3318}{(H8686)} Mazzaroth{H4216} in his season{H6256}? or canst thou guide{H5148}{(H8686)} Arcturus{H5906} with his sons{H1121}?

Knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thou the ordinances{H2708} of heaven{H8064}? canst thou set{H7760}{(H8799)} the dominion{H4896} thereof in the earth{H776}?

Canst thou lift up{H7311}{(H8686)} thy voice{H6963} to the clouds{H5645}, that abundance{H8229} of waters{H4325} may cover{H3680}{(H8762)} thee?

Canst thou send{H7971}{(H8762)} lightnings{H1300}, that they may go{H3212}{(H8799)}, and say{H559}{(H8799)} unto thee, Here we are?

Who hath put{H7896}{(H8804)} wisdom{H2451} in the inward parts{H2910}? or who hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} understanding{H998} to the heart{H7907}?

Who can number{H5608}{(H8762)} the clouds{H7834} in wisdom{H2451}? or who can stay{H7901}{(H8686)} the bottles{H5035} of heaven{H8064},

When the dust{H6083} groweth{H3332}{(H8800)} into hardness{H4165}, and the clods{H7263} cleave fast together{H1692}{(H8792)}?

Wilt thou hunt{H6679}{(H8799)} the prey{H2964} for the lion{H3833}? or fill{H4390}{(H8762)} the appetite{H2416} of the young lions{H3715},

When they couch{H7817}{(H8799)} in their dens{H4585}, and abide{H3427}{(H8799)} in the covert{H5521} to{H3926} lie in wait{H695}?

Who provideth{H3559}{(H8686)} for the raven{H6158} his food{H6718}? when his young ones{H3206} cry{H7768}{(H8762)} unto God{H410}, they wander{H8582}{(H8799)} for lack{H1097} of meat{H400}.