| 1 | And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- |
| 2 | Who [is] this—darkening counsel, By words without knowledge? |
| 3 | Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. |
| 4 | Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding. |
| 5 | Who placed its measures—if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line? |
| 6 | On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone? |
| 7 | In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy, |
| 8 | And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. |
| 9 | In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band, |
| 10 | And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, |
| 11 | And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.' |
| 12 | Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place? |
| 13 | To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it, |
| 14 | It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed. |
| 15 | And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken. |
| 16 | Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down? |
| 17 | Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see? |
| 18 | Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare—if thou hast known it all. |
| 19 | Where [is] this—the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this—its place? |
| 20 | That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house. |
| 21 | Thou hast known—for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many! |
| 22 | Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see? |
| 23 | That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle. |
| 24 | Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth. |
| 25 | Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices? |
| 26 | To cause [it] to rain on a land—no man, A wilderness— no man in it. |
| 27 | To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass? |
| 28 | Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? |
| 29 | From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it? |
| 30 | As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured. |
| 31 | Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open? |
| 32 | Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort? |
| 33 | Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth? |
| 34 | Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee? |
| 35 | Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?' |
| 36 | Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding? |
| 37 | Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down, |
| 38 | In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together? |
| 39 | Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil? |
| 40 | When they bow down in dens—Abide in a thicket for a covert? |
| 41 | Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food. |