Job 38 — ASV

38Verse 1Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,^{Verse 2}Who is this that darkeneth counsel
By words without knowledge?
^{Verse 3}Gird up now thy loins like a man;
For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
^{Verse 4}Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if thou hast understanding.
^{Verse 5}Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
Or who stretched the line upon it?
^{Verse 6}Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened?
Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
^{Verse 7}When the morning stars sang together,
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?^{Verse 8}Or who shut up the sea with doors,
When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;
^{Verse 9}When I made clouds the garment thereof,
And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
^{Verse 10}And marked out for it my bound,
And set bars and doors,
^{Verse 11}And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further;
And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?^{Verse 12}Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began,
And caused the dayspring to know its place;
^{Verse 13}That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?
^{Verse 14}It is changed as clay under the seal;
And all things stand forth as a garment:
^{Verse 15}And from the wicked their light is withholden,
And the high arm is broken.^{Verse 16}Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?
Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
^{Verse 17}Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee?
Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
^{Verse 18}Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth?
Declare, if thou knowest it all.^{Verse 19}Where is the way to the dwelling of light?And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
^{Verse 20}That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,
And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
^{Verse 21}Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born,
And the number of thy days is great!
^{Verse 22}Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow,
Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
^{Verse 23}Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
Against the day of battle and war?
^{Verse 24}By what way is the light parted,
Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?^{Verse 25}Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood,
Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
^{Verse 26}To cause it to rain on a land where no man is;
On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
^{Verse 27}To satisfy the waste and desolate ground,
And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
^{Verse 28}Hath the rain a father?
Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
^{Verse 29}Out of whose womb came the ice?
And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
^{Verse 30}The waters hide themselves and become like stone,
And the face of the deep is frozen.^{Verse 31}Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades,Or loose the bands of Orion?
^{Verse 32}Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season?
Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
^{Verse 33}Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens?
Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?^{Verse 34}Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
That abundance of waters may cover thee?
^{Verse 35}Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go,
And say unto thee, Here we are?
^{Verse 36}Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
^{Verse 37}Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
^{Verse 38}When the dust runneth into a mass,
And the clods cleave fast together?^{Verse 39}Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness,Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
^{Verse 40}When they couch in their dens,
And abide in the covert to lie in wait?
^{Verse 41}Who provideth for the raven his prey,
When his young ones cry unto God,
And wander for lack of food?