^{1 Ref} Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

^{2 Ref} Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

^{3 Ref} Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

^{4 Ref} Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

^{5 Ref} Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

^{6 Ref} Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

^{7 Ref} When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

^{8 Ref} Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

^{9 Ref} When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

^{10 Ref} And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

^{11 Ref} And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

^{12 Ref} Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

^{13 Ref} That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

^{14 Ref} It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

^{15 Ref} And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

^{16 Ref} Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

^{17 Ref} Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

^{18 Ref} Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

^{19 Ref} Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

^{20 Ref} That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

^{21 Ref} Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

^{22 Ref} Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

^{23 Ref} Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

^{24 Ref} By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

^{25 Ref} Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

^{26 Ref} To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

^{27 Ref} To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

^{28 Ref} Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

^{29 Ref} Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

^{30 Ref} The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

^{31 Ref} Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

^{32 Ref} Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

^{33 Ref} Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

^{34 Ref} Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

^{35 Ref} Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

^{36 Ref} Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

^{37 Ref} Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

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

^{39 Ref} Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

^{40 Ref} When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

^{41 Ref} Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.