85 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
85 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
# 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? |