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1The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said: | 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: |
2"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about? | 2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? |
3Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!" | 3Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. |
4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed! | 4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. |
5Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it? | 5Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? |
6On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone | 6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, |
7while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully? | 7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
8"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb, | 8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, |
9when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket, | 9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, |
10when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it; | 10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, |
11and said, 'You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'? | 11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’? |
12"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives, | 12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, |
13where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it? | 13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it? |
14Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth's hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment. | 14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment. |
15Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken. | 15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken. |
16"Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean? | 16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep? |
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? | 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? |
18Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all! | 18Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. |
19"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live? | 19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides, |
20Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house? | 20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home? |
21You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great! | 21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great! |
22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored, | 22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail, |
23which I've reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war? | 23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? |
24Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth? | 24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? |
25"Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder, | 25Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, |
26to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live, | 26to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, |
27to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation? | 27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? |
28"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew? | 28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? |
29Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky, | 29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, |
30when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes? | 30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? |
31"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion? | 31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? |
32Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs? | 32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs? |
33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth? | 33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? |
34"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you? | 34Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? |
35Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, 'Look at us!' | 35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? |
36"Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding? | 36Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind? |
37Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven, | 37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens |
38when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods? | 38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? |
39"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions | 39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions |
40when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs? | 40when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket? |
41Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?" | 41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food? |
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