Job 38 — ENGLXXUP

38 Verse 1 And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying, ^{Verse 2} Who is this that hides counsel from me, ^{Verse 3} Gird thy loins like a man; ^{Verse 4} Where wast thou when I founded the earth? ^{Verse 5} Who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? ^{Verse 6} On what are its rings fastened? ^{Verse 7} When the stars were made, ^{Verse 8} And I shut up the sea with gates, ^{Verse 9} And I made a cloud its clothing, ^{Verse 10} And I set bounds to it, ^{Verse 11} And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, ^{Verse 12} Or did I order the morning light in thy time; ^{Verse 13} To lay hold of the extremities of the earth, ^{Verse 14} Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, ^{Verse 15} And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, ^{Verse 16} Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, ^{Verse 17} And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; ^{Verse 18} And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? ^{Verse 19} And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? ^{Verse 20} If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, ^{Verse 21} I know then that thou wert born at that time, ^{Verse 22} But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? ^{Verse 23} And is there a store of them, ^{Verse 24} And whence proceeds the frost? ^{Verse 25} And who prepared a course for the violent rain, ^{Verse 26} To rain upon the land where there is no man, ^{Verse 27} And cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs? ^{Verse 28} Who is the rain’s father? ^{Verse 29} And out of whose womb comes the ice? ^{Verse 30} Which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly? ^{Verse 31} And dost thou understand the band of Pleiades, ^{Verse 32} Or wilt thou reveal Mazzaroth in his season, ^{Verse 33} And knowest thou the changes of heaven, ^{Verse 34} And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, ^{Verse 35} And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? ^{Verse 36} And who has given to women skill in weaving, ^{Verse 37} And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, ^{Verse 38} For it is spread out as dusty earth, ^{Verse 39} And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? ^{Verse 40} For they fear in their lairs, ^{Verse 41} And who has prepared food for the raven?