38Job 38

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

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

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

4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Select Job 38:4

5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon 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 brake 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 swaddlingband for it,Select Job 38:9

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

11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?Select Job 38:11

12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy 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 withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.Select Job 38:15

16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?Select Job 38:16

17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?Select Job 38:17

18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.Select Job 38:18

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

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

21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?Select Job 38:21

22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou 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 scattereth the east wind upon the earth?Select Job 38:24

25Who hath 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

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

29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath 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

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

32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?Select Job 38:32

33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?Select Job 38:33

34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?Select Job 38:34

35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?Select Job 38:35

36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath 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 groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?Select Job 38:38

39Wilt thou 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 provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Select Job 38:41