[001] Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[002] Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
[003] Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
[004] Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
[005] Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
[006] Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
[007] When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
[008] Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
[009] When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
[010] And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
[011] And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
[012] Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
[013] That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
[014] It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
[015] And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
[016] Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
[017] Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
[018] Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
[019] Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
[020] That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
[021] Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
[022] Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
[023] Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
[024] By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
[025] Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
[026] To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
[027] To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
[028] Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
[029] Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
[030] The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
[031] Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
[032] Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
[033] Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
[034] Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
[035] Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
[036] Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
[037] Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
[038] When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
[039] Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
[040] When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
[041] Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.