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 the 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 broke forth, and issued out of the womb;

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