Job 38 — KJVCP

38Verse 1Then the Lord 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 answer thou me.^{Verse 4}Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if thou hast understanding.
^{Verse 5}Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
Or who hath stretched the line upon it?
^{Verse 6}Whereupon are 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 the cloud the garment thereof,
And thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
^{Verse 10}And brake up for it my decreed place,
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;
And caused the dayspring to know his place;
^{Verse 13}That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
That the wicked might be shaken out of it?
^{Verse 14}It is turned as clay to the seal;
And they stand as a garment.
^{Verse 15}And from the wicked their light is withholden,
And the high arm shall be broken.^{Verse 16}Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?
Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
^{Verse 17}Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?
Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
^{Verse 18}Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
Declare if thou knowest it all.
^{Verse 19}Where is the way where light dwelleth?
And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
^{Verse 20}That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,
And that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
^{Verse 21}Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born?
Or because the number of thy days is great?^{Verse 22}Hast thou entered into the treasures 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,
Which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
^{Verse 25}Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,
Or a way for the lightning of thunder;
^{Verse 26}To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is;
On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
^{Verse 27}To satisfy the desolate and waste ground;
And to cause the bud of the tender herb 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 are hid as with a stone,
And the face of the deep is frozen.^{Verse 31}Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
Or loose the bands of Orion?
^{Verse 32}Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?
Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
^{Verse 33}Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?
Canst thou set 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 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 heart?
^{Verse 37}Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
Or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
^{Verse 38}When the dust groweth into hardness,
And the clods cleave fast together?^{Verse 39}Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?
Or fill 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 food?
When his young ones cry unto God,
They wander for lack of meat.