^{1 Ref} And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

^{2 Ref} Who `is' this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

^{3 Ref} Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

^{4 Ref} Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

^{5 Ref} Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

^{6 Ref} On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

^{7 Ref} In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

^{8 Ref} And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

^{9 Ref} In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

^{10 Ref} And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

^{11 Ref} And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

^{12 Ref} Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

^{13 Ref} To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

^{14 Ref} It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

^{15 Ref} And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

^{16 Ref} Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

^{17 Ref} Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

^{18 Ref} Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

^{19 Ref} Where `is' this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where `is' this -- its place?

^{20 Ref} That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

^{21 Ref} Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days `are' many!

^{22 Ref} Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

^{23 Ref} That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

^{24 Ref} Where `is' this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

^{25 Ref} Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

^{26 Ref} To cause `it' to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

^{27 Ref} To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

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

^{29 Ref} From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

^{30 Ref} As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

^{31 Ref} Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

^{32 Ref} Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

^{33 Ref} Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

^{34 Ref} Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

^{35 Ref} Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'

^{36 Ref} Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

^{37 Ref} Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

³⁸ In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

^{39 Ref} Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

^{40 Ref} When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

^{41 Ref} Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.