Job 38:1-9 ▼

1 Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said :

2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?

3 Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

4 Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding.

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

6 Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

7 When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?

8 Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb :

9 when I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?