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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

1The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:

2“Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

2"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about?

3Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

3Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"

4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed!

5Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?

5Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it?

6To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

6On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone

7When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

7while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully?

8“Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

8"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,

9When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band;

9when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

10When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors;

10when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it;

11When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!’

11and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

12“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,

12"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

13where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

14It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment.

14Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth's hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment.

15From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.

15Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken.

16“Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?

16"Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?

17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?

18Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

18Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all!

19“Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,

19"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live?

20That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home?

20Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house?

21Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great?

21You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!

22“Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,

22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored,

23Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?

23which I've reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war?

24By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?

24Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth?

25“Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,

25"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder,

26To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man;

26to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live,

27To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?

27to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation?

28Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

28"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew?

29From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?

29Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky,

30The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen.

30when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?

31“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?

31"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion?

32Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?

32Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

33Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?

34“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you?

34"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you?

35Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?

35Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, 'Look at us!'

36Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart?

36"Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding?

37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

37Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

38When the dust hardens in clumps, And the clods cling together?

38when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods?

39“Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

39"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions

40When they crouch in their dens, Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?

40when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs?

41Who provides food for the raven, When its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food?

41Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?"

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