# Job 38 (New King James Version)
The Lord Reveals His Omnipotence to Job

##### Chapter 38
###### 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

###### 2 "Who _is_ this who darkens counsel  
By words without knowledge?  

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

###### 4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?  
Tell _Me,_ if you have understanding.  

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

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

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

###### 8 "Or _who_ shut in the sea with doors,  
When it burst forth _and_ issued from the womb;  

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

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

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

###### 12 "Have you commanded the morning since your days _began,_  
_And_ caused the dawn to know its place,  

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

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

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

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

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

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

###### 19 "Where _is_ the way _to_ the dwelling of light?  
And darkness, where _is_ its place,  

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

###### 21 Do you know _it,_ because you were born then,  
Or _because_ the number of your days _is_ great?

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

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

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

###### 25 "Who has divided a channel for the overflowing _water,_  
Or a path for the thunderbolt,  

###### 26 To cause it to rain on a land _where there is_ no one,  
A wilderness in which _there is_ no man;  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

###### 35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,  
And say to you, 'Here we _are!_'?  

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

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

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

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

###### 40 When they crouch in _their_ dens,  
_Or_ lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?  

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