Job 38:1-9 ▼

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

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