Job 38:1–18

Then the Lord aanswered Job out of bthe whirlwind, and said,

2  Who is this that darkeneth counsel

By words cwithout knowledge?

3  dGird up now thy loins like a man;

eFor I will demand of thee, and †answer thou me.

4  fWhere wast thou when I laid gthe foundations of the earth?

Declare, †if thou hast understanding.

5  Who hhath laid the measures thereof, iif thou knowest?

Or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6  Whereupon are the †foundations thereof †fastened?

Or who laid kthe corner stone thereof;

7  When lthe morning stars ksang together,

And all mthe sons of God kshouted for joy?

8  Or who nshut up the sea with doors,

When it obrake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

9  When I hmade the cloud the garment thereof,

And pthick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

10  And ||brake up for it qmy decreed place,

And hset bars and doors,

11  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further:

And here shall †thy proud waves rbe stayed?

12  sHast thou commanded the morning since thy days;

And caused the dayspring to know his place;

13  That it might take hold of the †ends of the earth,

That the wicked might be tshaken out of it?

14  It is turned as clay to the seal;

And they stand as a garment.

15  And from the wicked utheir light is withholden,

And xthe high arm shall be broken.

16  Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?

Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

17  Have ythe gates of death been opened unto thee?

Or hast thou seen the doors of zthe shadow of death?

18  Hast thou aperceived the breadth of the earth?

Declare if thou knowest it all.