Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,Job 38:1

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?Job 38:2

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.Job 38:3

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Job 38:4

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?Job 38:5

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;Job 38:6

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?Job 38:7

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?Job 38:8

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,Job 38:9

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,Job 38:10

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?Job 38:11

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;Job 38:12

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?Job 38:13

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.Job 38:14

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.Job 38:15

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?Job 38:16

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?Job 38:17

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.Job 38:18

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,Job 38:19

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?Job 38:20

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?Job 38:21

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,Job 38:22

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?Job 38:23

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?Job 38:24

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;Job 38:25

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;Job 38:26

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?Job 38:27

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?Job 38:28

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?Job 38:29

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.Job 38:30

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Job 38:31

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?Job 38:32

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?Job 38:33

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?Job 38:34

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?Job 38:35

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?Job 38:36

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,Job 38:37

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?Job 38:38

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Job 38:39

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?Job 38:40

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Job 38:41