Dual Panel1THEN THE Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3Gird up now your loins like a man, and I will demand of you, and you declare to Me.
4Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Declare to Me, if you have {and} know understanding.
5Who determined the measures of the earth, if you know? Or who stretched the measuring line upon it?
6Upon what were the foundations of it fastened, or who laid its cornerstone,
7When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8Or who shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth {and} issued out of the womb?--
9When I made the clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
10And marked for it My appointed boundary and set bars and doors,
11And said, Thus far shall you come and no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
12Have you commanded the morning since your days began and caused the dawn to know its place,
13So that [light] may get hold of the corners of the earth and shake the wickedness [of night] out of it?
14It is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed; and things stand out like a many-colored garment.
15From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
16Have you explored the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of deep darkness?
18Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know it all.
19Where is the way where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is its abode,
20That you may conduct it to its home, and may know the paths to its house?
21You must know, since you were born then! Or because you are so extremely old!
22Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasuries of the hail,
23Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
24By what way is the light distributed, or the east wind spread over the earth?
25Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain, or a path for the thunderbolt,
26To cause it to rain on the uninhabited land [and] on the desert where no man lives,
27To satisfy the waste {and} desolate ground and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
28Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
30The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades, or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?
32Can you lead forth the signs of the zodiac in their season? Or can you guide [the stars of] the Bear with her young?
33Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule upon the earth?
34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an abundance of waters may cover you?
35Can you send lightnings, that they may go and say to you, Here we are?
36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts [or in the dark clouds]? Or who has given understanding to the mind [or to the meteor]?
37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the [water] bottles of the heavens
38When [heat has caused] the dust to run into a mass and the clods to cleave fast together?
39Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
40When they couch in their dens or lie in wait in their hiding place?
41Who provides for the raven its prey when its young ones cry to God and wander about for lack of food?