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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

1The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:

2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

2"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about?

3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

3Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"

4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed!

5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

5Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it?

6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

6On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone

7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

7while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully?

8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

8"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,

9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

9when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

10when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it;

11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

11and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

12"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

13where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

14Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth's hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment.

15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

15Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken.

16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

16"Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean?

17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?

18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

18Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all!

19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

19"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live?

20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

20Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house?

21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

21You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!

22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,

22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored,

23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

23which I've reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war?

24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

24Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth?

25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

25"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder,

26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

26to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live,

27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?

27to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation?

28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?

28"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew?

29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

29Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky,

30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

30when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?

31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

31"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion?

32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?

32Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?

34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

34"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you?

35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

35Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, 'Look at us!'

36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

36"Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding?

37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

37Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

38when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods?

39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

39"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions

40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

40when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs?

41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

41Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?"

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