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131 lines
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# Job 38 (New King James Version)
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The Lord Reveals His Omnipotence to Job
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##### Chapter 38
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###### 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
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###### 2 "Who _is_ this who darkens counsel
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By words without knowledge?
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###### 3 Now prepare yourself like a man;
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I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
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###### 4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
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Tell _Me,_ if you have understanding.
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###### 5 Who determined its measurements?
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Surely you know!
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Or who stretched the line upon it?
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###### 6 To what were its foundations fastened?
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Or who laid its cornerstone,
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###### 7 When the morning stars sang together,
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And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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###### 8 "Or _who_ shut in the sea with doors,
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When it burst forth _and_ issued from the womb;
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###### 9 When I made the clouds its garment,
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And thick darkness its swaddling band;
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###### 10 When I fixed My limit for it,
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And set bars and doors;
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###### 11 When I said,
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'This far you may come, but no farther,
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And here your proud waves must stop!'
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###### 12 "Have you commanded the morning since your days _began,_
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_And_ caused the dawn to know its place,
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###### 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
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And the wicked be shaken out of it?
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###### 14 It takes on form like clay _under_ a seal,
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And stands out like a garment.
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###### 15 From the wicked their light is withheld,
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And the upraised arm is broken.
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###### 16 "Have you entered the springs of the sea?
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Or have you walked in search of the depths?
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###### 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
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Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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###### 18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
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Tell _Me,_ if you know all this.
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###### 19 "Where _is_ the way _to_ the dwelling of light?
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And darkness, where _is_ its place,
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###### 20 That you may take it to its territory,
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That you may know the paths _to_ its home?
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###### 21 Do you know _it,_ because you were born then,
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Or _because_ the number of your days _is_ great?
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###### 22 "Have you entered the treasury of snow,
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Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
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###### 23 Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
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For the day of battle and war?
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###### 24 By what way is light diffused,
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_Or_ the east wind scattered over the earth?
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###### 25 "Who has divided a channel for the overflowing _water,_
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Or a path for the thunderbolt,
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###### 26 To cause it to rain on a land _where there is_ no one,
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A wilderness in which _there is_ no man;
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###### 27 To satisfy the desolate waste,
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And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
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###### 28 Has the rain a father?
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Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
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###### 29 From whose womb comes the ice?
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And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
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###### 30 The waters harden like stone,
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And the surface of the deep is frozen.
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###### 31 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
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Or loose the belt of Orion?
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###### 32 Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season?
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Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
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###### 33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
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Can you set their dominion over the earth?
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###### 34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
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That an abundance of water may cover you?
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###### 35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
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And say to you, 'Here we _are!_'?
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###### 36 Who has put wisdom in the mind?
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Or who has given understanding to the heart?
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###### 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
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Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
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###### 38 When the dust hardens in clumps,
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And the clods cling together?
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###### 39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
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Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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###### 40 When they crouch in _their_ dens,
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_Or_ lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
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###### 41 Who provides food for the raven,
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When its young ones cry to God,
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And wander about for lack of food?
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