Job 38:1-10 ▼

1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

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

3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

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

5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

6 What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,

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

8 “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,