82 lines
3.5 KiB
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82 lines
3.5 KiB
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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 that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
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3 Dress for action like a man;
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I will question you, and you make it known to me.
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4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
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Tell me, if you have understanding.
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5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
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Or who stretched the line upon it?
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6 On what were its bases sunk,
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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 out from the womb,
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9 when I made clouds its garment
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and thick darkness its swaddling band,
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10 and prescribed limits for it
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and set bars and doors,
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11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
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and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
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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 skirts of the earth,
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and the wicked be shaken out of it?
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14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
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and its features stand out like a garment.
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15 From the wicked their light is withheld,
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and their uplifted arm is broken.
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16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
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or walked in the recesses of the deep?
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17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
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or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
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18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
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Declare, if you know all this.
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19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
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and where is the place of darkness,
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20 that you may take it to its territory
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and that you may discern the paths to its home?
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21 You know, for you were born then,
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and the number of your days is great!
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22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
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or have you seen the storehouses of the 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 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
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or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
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25 “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
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and a way for the thunderbolt,
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26 to bring rain on a land where no man is,
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on the desert in which there is no man,
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27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
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and to make the ground sprout with 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 did the ice come forth,
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and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
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30 The waters become hard like stone,
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and the face of the deep is frozen.
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31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
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or loose the cords of Orion?
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32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,
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or can you guide the Bear with its children?
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33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
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Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
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that a flood of waters may cover you?
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35 Can you send forth 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 inward parts
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or given understanding to the mind?
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37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
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Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
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38 when the dust runs into a mass
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and the clods stick fast 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 lie in wait in their thicket?
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41 Who provides for the raven its prey,
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when its young ones cry to God for help,
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and wander about for lack of food? |