1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel
3Gird up now thy loins like a man;
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
7When the morning stars sang together,
8Or who shut up the sea with doors,
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof,
10And brake up for it my decreed place,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further:
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
14It is turned as clay to the seal;
15And from the wicked their light is withholden,
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?
17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?
18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
19Where is the way where light dwelleth?
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,
21Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born?
22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?
23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
24By what way is the light parted,
25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,
26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is;
27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground;
28Hath the rain a father?
29Out of whose womb came the ice?
30The waters are hid as with a stone,
31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?
33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go,
36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
37Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
38When the dust groweth into hardness,
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?
40When they couch in their dens,
41Who provideth for the raven his food?