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He said:</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Who is this that obscures my plans</p><p class="line2">with words without knowledge?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Brace yourself like a man;</p><p class="line2">I will question you,</p><p class="line2">and you shall answer me.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?</p><p class="line2">Tell me, if you understand.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</p><p class="line2">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>On what were its footings set,</p><p class="line2">or who laid its cornerstone—</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>while the morning stars sang together</p><p class="line2">and all the angels <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the sons of God">a</a></sup></span> shouted for joy?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Who shut up the sea behind doors</p><p class="line2">when it burst forth from the womb,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>when I made the clouds its garment</p><p class="line2">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>when I fixed limits for it</p><p class="line2">and set its doors and bars in place,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;</p><p class="line2">here is where your proud waves halt’?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Have you ever given orders to the morning,</p><p class="line2">or shown the dawn its place,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>that it might take the earth by the edges</p><p class="line2">and shake the wicked out of it?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</p><p class="line2">its features stand out like those of a garment.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The wicked are denied their light,</p><p class="line2">and their upraised arm is broken.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</p><p class="line2">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Have the gates of death been shown to you?</p><p class="line2">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</p><p class="line2">Tell me, if you know all this.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“What is the way to the abode of light?</p><p class="line2">And where does darkness reside?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Can you take them to their places?</p><p class="line2">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Surely you know, for you were already born!</p><p class="line2">You have lived so many years!</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</p><p class="line2">or seen the storehouses of the hail,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>which I reserve for times of trouble,</p><p class="line2">for days of war and battle?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,</p><p class="line2">or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,</p><p class="line2">and a path for the thunderstorm,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>to water a land where no one lives,</p><p class="line2">an uninhabited desert,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>to satisfy a desolate wasteland</p><p class="line2">and make it sprout with grass?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Does the rain have a father?</p><p class="line2">Who fathers the drops of dew?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>From whose womb comes the ice?</p><p class="line2">Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>when the waters become hard as stone,</p><p class="line2">when the surface of the deep is frozen?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Can you bind the chains <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint; Hebrew beauty">b</a></sup></span> of the Pleiades?</p><p class="line2">Can you loosen Orion’s belt?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the morning star in its season">c</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line2">or lead out the Bear <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or out Leo">d</a></sup></span> with its cubs?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Do you know the laws of the heavens?</p><p class="line2">Can you set up God’s <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or their">e</a></sup></span> dominion over the earth?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Can you raise your voice to the clouds</p><p class="line2">and cover yourself with a flood of water?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?</p><p class="line2">Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Who gives the ibis wisdom <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile">f</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line2">or gives the rooster understanding? <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.">g</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?</p><p class="line2">Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>when the dust becomes hard</p><p class="line2">and the clods of earth stick together?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>“Do you hunt the prey for the lioness</p><p class="line2">and satisfy the hunger of the lions</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>when they crouch in their dens</p><p class="line2">or lie in wait in a thicket?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/38-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Who provides food for the raven</p><p class="line2">when its young cry out to God</p><p class="line2">and wander about for lack of food?</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>the sons of God</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> <span class="footnotebot">Septuagint; Hebrew <i>beauty</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the morning star in its season</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>out Leo</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">33</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>their</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a 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