| 1 | And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, |
| 2 | Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? |
| 3 | Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me. |
| 4 | Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. |
| 5 | Who set the measures thereof—if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it? |
| 6 | Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, |
| 7 | When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
| 8 | And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? |
| 9 | When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; |
| 10 | When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, |
| 11 | And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? |
| 12 | Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place, |
| 13 | That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it? |
| 14 | It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment: |
| 15 | And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken. |
| 16 | Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? |
| 17 | Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? |
| 18 | Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all. |
| 19 | Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, |
| 20 | That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house? |
| 21 | Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! |
| 22 | Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, |
| 23 | Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war? |
| 24 | By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth? |
| 25 | Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash; |
| 26 | To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man; |
| 27 | To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth? |
| 28 | Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew? |
| 29 | Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth? |
| 30 | When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together. |
| 31 | Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? |
| 32 | Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons? |
| 33 | Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth? |
| 34 | Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee? |
| 35 | Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? |
| 36 | Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind? |
| 37 | Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, |
| 38 | When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together? |
| 39 | Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions, |
| 40 | When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait? |
| 41 | Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto �God, [and] they wander for lack of meat? |