[1] Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[2] Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
[3] Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
[4] Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
[5] Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it?
[6] Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
[7] When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
[8] Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
[9] When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it,
[10] And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
[11] And said, Till now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
[12] Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
[13] That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
[14] It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
[15] And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
[16] Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?
[17] Have the gates of death been opened to you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
[18] Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.
[19] Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
[20] That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?
[21] Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
[22] Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
[23] Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
[24] By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind on the earth?
[25] Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
[26] To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
[27] To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
[28] Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?
[29] Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?
[30] The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
[31] Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
[32] Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
[33] Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?
[34] Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
[35] Can you send lightning, that they may go and say to you, Here we are?
[36] Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?
[37] Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
[38] When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together?
[39] Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
[40] When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
[41] Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for lack of meat.
