1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.It is changed as clay under the seal; And all things stand forth as a garment:15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.The waters hide themselves and become like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavensWho can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?
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