38Job 38

1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,Select Job 38:1

2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?Select Job 38:2

3Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.Select Job 38:3

4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.Select Job 38:4

5Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it?Select Job 38:5

6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;Select Job 38:6

7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?Select Job 38:7

8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?Select Job 38:8

9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it,Select Job 38:9

10And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,Select Job 38:10

11And said, Till now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?Select Job 38:11

12Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;Select Job 38:12

13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?Select Job 38:13

14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.Select Job 38:14

15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.Select Job 38:15

16Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?Select Job 38:16

17Have the gates of death been opened to you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?Select Job 38:17

18Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.Select Job 38:18

19Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,Select Job 38:19

20That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?Select Job 38:20

21Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?Select Job 38:21

22Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail,Select Job 38:22

23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?Select Job 38:23

24By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind on the earth?Select Job 38:24

25Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;Select Job 38:25

26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;Select Job 38:26

27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?Select Job 38:27

28Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?Select Job 38:28

29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?Select Job 38:29

30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.Select Job 38:30

31Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Select Job 38:31

32Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?Select Job 38:32

33Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?Select Job 38:33

34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?Select Job 38:34

35Can you send lightning, that they may go and say to you, Here we are?Select Job 38:35

36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?Select Job 38:36

37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,Select Job 38:37

38When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together?Select Job 38:38

39Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Select Job 38:39

40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?Select Job 38:40

41Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for lack of meat.Select Job 38:41