Job 38:1-13 ▼

1 THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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

3 Gird up your loins now, like a valiant man; for I will question you, and you shall answer me.

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

5 Who has laid its measures, if you know? Or who has stretched the line upon it?

6 Upon what are its limits resting? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof?

7 When did I create the morning stars, and all the angels shouted for joy?

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

9 When I made the cloud the garment of the earth, and thick darkness a swaddling hand for it,

10 And prescribed limits for it, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed?

12 Have you commanded the dawn since your days began; or do you know the place of the morning;

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