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The Book of Job

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- Chapter 38 -

The Lord reveals his omnipotence to Job

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Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
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Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?
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Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee and declare thou vnto me.
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Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,
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Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it:
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:
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When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced:
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Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:
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When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:
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When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,
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That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.
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And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.
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Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?
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Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?
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Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? tell if thou knowest all this.
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Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,
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That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?
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Knewest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and because the nomber of thy dayes is great?
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Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seene the treasures of ye haile,
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Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell?
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By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth?
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Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? or the way for the lightning of ye thunders,
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To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?
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To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
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Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?
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Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?
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The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.
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Canst thou restraine the sweete influences of the Pleiades? or loose the bandes of Orion?
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Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes?
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Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
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Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?
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Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?
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Who hath put wisedome in the reines? or who hath giuen the heart vnderstanding?
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Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,
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When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?

The Lord reveals his omnipotence to Job

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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
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“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
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Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
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“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
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Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
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What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
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when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
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when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
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marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
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and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
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“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
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that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
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It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
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From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
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“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
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Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
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“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
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that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
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Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
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Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
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which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
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Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
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to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
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to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
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Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
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Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
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The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
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“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
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Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
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Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
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“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
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Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
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Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
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Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
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when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
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“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
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Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
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