38Job 38

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1Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job.Select Job 38:1

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2Who are you to question my wisdom with your ignorant, empty words?Select Job 38:2

3Now stand up straight and answer the questions I ask you.Select Job 38:3

4Were you there when I made the world? If you know so much, tell me about it.Select Job 38:4

5Who decided how large it would be? Who stretched the measuring line over it? Do you know all the answers?Select Job 38:5

6What holds up the pillars that support the earth? Who laid the cornerstone of the world?Select Job 38:6

7In the dawn of that day the stars sang together, and the heavenly beings shouted for joy.Select Job 38:7

8Who closed the gates to hold back the sea when it burst from the womb of the earth?Select Job 38:8

9It was I who covered the sea with clouds and wrapped it in darkness.Select Job 38:9

10I marked a boundary for the sea and kept it behind bolted gates.Select Job 38:10

11I told it, “So far and no farther! Here your powerful waves must stop.”Select Job 38:11

12Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn?Select Job 38:12

13Have you ordered the dawn to seize the earth and shake the wicked from their hiding places?Select Job 38:13

14Daylight makes the hills and valleys stand out like the folds of a garment, clear as the imprint of a seal on clay.Select Job 38:14

15The light of day is too bright for the wicked and restrains them from doing violence.Select Job 38:15

16Have you been to the springs in the depths of the sea? Have you walked on the floor of the ocean?Select Job 38:16

17Has anyone ever shown you the gates that guard the dark world of the dead?Select Job 38:17

18Have you any idea how big the world is? Answer me if you know.Select Job 38:18

19Do you know where the light comes from or what the source of darkness is?Select Job 38:19

20Can you show them how far to go, or send them back again?Select Job 38:20

21I am sure you can, because you're so old and were there when the world was made!Select Job 38:21

22Have you ever visited the storerooms, where I keep the snow and the hail?Select Job 38:22

23I keep them ready for times of trouble, for days of battle and war.Select Job 38:23

24Have you been to the place where the sun comes up, or the place from which the east wind blows?Select Job 38:24

25Who dug a channel for the pouring rain and cleared the way for the thunderstorm?Select Job 38:25

26Who makes rain fall where no one lives?Select Job 38:26

27Who waters the dry and thirsty land, so that grass springs up?Select Job 38:27

28Does either the rain or the dew have a father?Select Job 38:28

29Who is the mother of the ice and the frost,Select Job 38:29

30which turn the waters to stone and freeze the face of the sea?Select Job 38:30

31Can you tie the Pleiades together or loosen the bonds that hold Orion?Select Job 38:31

32Can you guide the stars season by season and direct the Big and the Little Dipper?Select Job 38:32

33Do you know the laws that govern the skies, and can you make them apply to the earth?Select Job 38:33

34Can you shout orders to the clouds and make them drench you with rain?Select Job 38:34

35And if you command the lightning to flash, will it come to you and say, “At your service”?Select Job 38:35

36Who tells the ibis when the Nile will flood, or who tells the rooster that rain will fall?Select Job 38:36

37Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tilt them over to pour out the rain,Select Job 38:37

38rain that hardens the dust into lumps?Select Job 38:38

39Do you find food for lions to eat, and satisfy hungry young lionsSelect Job 38:39

40when they hide in their caves, or lie in wait in their dens?Select Job 38:40

41Who is it that feeds the ravens when they wander about hungry, when their young cry to me for food?Select Job 38:41