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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:

2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

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

7When 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?

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

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

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

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

10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as 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.

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

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

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

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 opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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

18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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

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

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

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

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

31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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

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

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

33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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