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[1] Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[2] Who is this that darkeneth the counsel by words without knowledge?
[3] Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee and declare thou unto me.
[4] Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding,
[5] Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line over it:
[6] Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who laid the corner stone thereof:
[7] When the stars of the morning praised me together, and all the children of God rejoiced:
[8] Or who hath shut up the sea with doors, when it issued and came forth as out of the womb:
[9] When I made the clouds as a covering thereof, and darkness as the swaddling bands thereof:
[10] When I stablished my commandment upon it, and set bars and doors,
[11] And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proud waves.
[12] Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days? Hast thou caused the morning to know his place,
[13] That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
[14] It is turned as clay to fashion, and all stand up as a garment.
[15] And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
[16] Hast thou entered into the bottoms of the sea? Or hast thou walked to seek out the depth?
[17] Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
[18] Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Tell if thou knowest all this.
[19] Where is the way where light dwelleth? And where is the place of darkness,
[20] That thou shouldest receive it in the bounds thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
[21] Knewest thou it, because thou wast then born, and because the number of thy days is great?
[22] Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
[23] Which I have hid against the time of trouble, against the day of war and battle?
[24] By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
[25] Who hath divided the spouts for the rain? Or the way for the lightning of the thunders,
[26] To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is, and in the wilderness where there is no man?
[27] To fulfill the wild and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herb to spring forth?
[28] Who is the father of the rain? Or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
[29] Out of whose womb came the ice? Who hath engendered the frost of the heaven?
[30] The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frozen.
[31] Canst thou restrain the sweet influences of the Pleiades? Or loose the bands of Orion?
[32] Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in their time? Canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sons?
[33] Knowest thou the course of heaven, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
[34] Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that the abundance of water may cover thee?
[35] Canst thou send the lightnings that they may walk, and say unto thee, Lo, here we are?
[36] Who hath put wisdom in the reins? Or who hath given the heart understanding?
[37] Who can number clouds by wisdom? Or who can cause to cease the bottles of heaven,
[38] When the earth groweth into hardness, and the clots are fast together?
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