Job 38:1-9 ▼

1 Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,

2 “Who is this who darkens the divine plan By words without knowledge?

3 “Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man, And I shall ask you, and you inform Me!

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

5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the measuring line over it?

6 “On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

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

8 “Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;

9 When I made a cloud its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling bands,