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Then the LORD[H3068]answered[H6030]Job[H347] out of the whirlwind[H5591], and said[H559],
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Who is this that darkeneth[H2821]counsel[H6098] by words[H4405] without knowledge?[H1847]
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Gird up[H247] now thy loins[H2504] like a man[H1397]; for I will demand[H7592] of thee, and answer[H3045] thou me.
4Where[H375] wast thou when I laid the foundations[H3245] of the earth?[H776]declare[H5046], if thou hast[H3045]understanding[H998].
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Who hath laid[H7760] the measures[H4461] thereof, if thou knowest?[H3045] or who hath stretched[H5186] the line[H6957] upon it?
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Whereupon are the foundations[H134] thereof fastened?[H2883] or who laid[H3384] the corner[H6438]stone[H68] thereof;
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When the morning[H1242]stars[H3556]sang[H7442]together[H3162], and all the sons[H1121] of God[H430]shouted[H7321] for joy?
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Or who shut up[H5526] the sea[H3220] with doors[H1817], when it brake forth[H1518], as if it had issued out[H3318] of the womb?[H7358]
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When I made[H7760] the cloud[H6051] the garment[H3830] thereof, and thick darkness[H6205] a swaddlingband[H2854] for it,
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And brake up[H7665] for it my decreed[H2706] place, and set[H7760]bars[H1280] and doors[H1817],
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And said[H559], Hitherto[H5704] shalt thou come[H935], but no further[H3254]: and here shall thy proud[H1347]waves[H1530] be stayed?[H7896]
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Hast thou commanded[H6680] the morning[H1242] since thy days[H3117]; and caused the dayspring[H7837] to know[H3045] his place[H4725];
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That it might take hold[H270] of the ends[H3671] of the earth[H776], that the wicked[H7563] might be shaken out[H5287] of it?
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It is turned[H2015] as clay[H2563] to the seal[H2368]; and they stand[H3320] as a garment[H3830].
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And from the wicked[H7563] their light[H216] is withholden[H4513], and the high[H7311]arm[H2220] shall be broken[H7665].
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Hast thou entered[H935] into the springs[H5033] of the sea?[H3220] or hast thou walked[H1980] in the search[H2714] of the depth?[H8415]
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Have the gates[H8179] of death[H4194] been opened[H1540] unto thee? or hast thou seen[H7200] the doors[H8179] of the shadow of death?[H6757]
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Hast thou perceived[H995] the breadth[H7338] of the earth?[H776]declare[H5046] if thou knowest[H3045] it all.
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Where is the way[H1870] where light[H216]dwelleth?[H7931] and as for darkness[H2822], where is the place[H4725] thereof,
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That thou shouldest take[H3947] it to the bound[H1366] thereof, and that thou shouldest know[H995] the paths[H5410] to the house[H1004] thereof?
21Knowest[H3045] thou it, because thou wast then born?[H3205] or because the number[H4557] of thy days[H3117] is great?[H7227]
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Hast thou entered[H935] into the treasures[H214] of the snow?[H7950] or hast thou seen[H7200] the treasures[H214] of the hail[H1259],
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Which I have reserved[H2820] against the time[H6256] of trouble[H6862], against the day[H3117] of battle[H7128] and war?[H4421]
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By what[H335]way[H1870] is the light[H216]parted[H2505], which scattereth[H6327] the east wind[H6921] upon the earth?[H776]
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Who hath divided[H6385] a watercourse[H8585] for the overflowing of waters[H7858], or a way[H1870] for the lightning[H2385] of thunder[H6963];
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To cause it to rain[H4305] on the earth[H776], where no man[H376] is; on the wilderness[H4057], wherein there is no man[H120];
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To satisfy[H7646] the desolate[H7722] and waste[H4875] ground; and to cause the bud[H4161] of the tender herb[H1877] to spring forth?[H6779]
28Hath[H3426] the rain[H4306] a father?[H1] or who hath[H3426]begotten[H3205] the drops[H96] of dew?[H2919]
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Out of whose womb[H990]came[H3318] the ice?[H7140] and the hoary frost[H3713] of heaven[H8064], who hath gendered[H3205] it?
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The waters[H4325] are hid[H2244] as with a stone[H68], and the face[H6440] of the deep[H8415] is frozen[H3920].
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Canst thou bind[H7194] the sweet influences[H4575] of Pleiades[H3598], or loose[H6605] the bands[H4189] of Orion?[H3685]
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Canst thou bring forth[H3318]Mazzaroth[H4216] in his season?[H6256] or canst thou guide[H5148]Arcturus[H5906] with his sons?[H1121]
33Knowest[H3045] thou the ordinances[H2708] of heaven?[H8064] canst thou set[H7760] the dominion[H4896] thereof in the earth?[H776]
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Canst thou lift up[H7311] thy voice[H6963] to the clouds[H5645], that abundance[H8229] of waters[H4325] may cover[H3680] thee?
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Canst thou send[H7971]lightnings[H1300], that they may go[H3212], and say[H559] unto thee, Here we are?
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Who hath put[H7896]wisdom[H2451] in the inward parts?[H2910] or who hath given[H5414]understanding[H998] to the heart?[H7907]
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Who can number[H5608] the clouds[H7834] in wisdom?[H2451] or who can stay[H7901] the bottles[H5035] of heaven[H8064],
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When the dust[H6083]groweth[H3332] into hardness[H4165], and the clods[H7263] cleave fast together?[H1692]
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Wilt thou hunt[H6679] the prey[H2964] for the lion?[H3833] or fill[H4390] the appetite[H2416] of the young lions[H3715],
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When they couch[H7817] in their dens[H4585], and abide[H3427] in the covert[H5521]to[H3926] lie in wait?[H695]
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Who provideth[H3559] for the raven[H6158] his food?[H6718] when his young ones[H3206]cry[H7768] unto God[H410], they wander[H8582] for lack[H1097] of meat[H400].