Job 38:1-9 ▼

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

2 “Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom] By words without knowledge?

3 “Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

5 “Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know? Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?

6 “On what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God (angels) shouted for joy?

8 “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it burst forth and went out of the womb;

9 When I made the clouds its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,