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