Job 38:3–13

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?