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39">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">The Lord Speaks</h5><h3 class="s1">From Out of a Storm</h3>1From out of a storm,the Lord said to Job:2Why do you talk so muchwhen you know so little?3Now get ready to face me!Can you answerthe questions I ask?4How did I lay the foundationfor the earth?Were you there?5Doubtless you know who decidedits length and width.6What supports the foundation?Who placed the cornerstone,7<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.38.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> while morning stars sang,and angels rejoiced?8<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.38.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> When the ocean was born,I set its boundaries9and wrapped it in blanketsof thickest fog.10Then I built a wall around it,locked the gates, 11and said,“Your powerful waves stop here!They can go no farther.”<h3 class="s1">Did You Ever Tell the Sun To Rise?</h3>12Did you ever tell the sun to rise?And did it obey?13Did it take hold of the earthand shake out the wickedlike dust from a rug?14Early dawn outlines the hillslike stitches on clothingor sketches on clay.15But its light is too muchfor those who are evil,and their power is broken.16Job, have you ever walkedon the ocean floor?17Have you seen the gateto the world of the dead?18And how large is the earth?Tell me, if you know!19Where is the home of light,and where does darkness live?20Can you lead them home?21I'm certain you must be able to,since you were already bornwhen I created everything.22Have you been to the placeswhere I keep snow and hail,23until I use them to punishand conquer nations?24From where does lightning leap,or the east wind blow?25Who carves out a pathfor thunderstorms?Who sends torrents of rain26on empty desertswhere no one lives?27Rain that changes barren landto meadows green with grass.28Who is the father of the dewand of the rain?29Who gives birth to the sleetand the frost30that fall in winter,when streams and lakesfreeze solid as a rock?<h3 class="s1">Can You Arrange Stars?</h3>31<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.38.31!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Can you arrange stars in groupssuch as Orionand the Pleiades?32Do you control the starsor set in place the Big Dipperand the Little Dipper?33Do you know the lawsthat govern the heavens,and can you make them rulethe earth?34Can you order the cloudsto send a downpour,35or will lightning flashat your command?36Did you teach birds to knowthat rain or floodsare on their way?<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.38.36!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 37Can you count the cloudsor pour out their water38on the dry, lumpy soil?39When lions are hungry,do you help them hunt?40Do you send an animalinto their den?41And when starving young ravenscry out to me for food,do you satisfy their hunger?</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.36 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">way: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 36.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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