Job 38

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