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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge
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Gird up now thy loins like a man for I will demand of thee and answer thou me
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth declare if thou hast understanding
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Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened or who laid the corner stone thereof
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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 brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it
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And brake up for it my decreed place and set bars and doors
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And said Hitherto shalt thou come but no further and here shall thy proud waves be stayed
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days and caused the dayspring to know his place
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth that the wicked might be shaken out of it
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It is turned as clay to the seal and they stand as a garment
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And from the wicked their light is withholden and the high arm shall be broken
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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea or hast thou walked in the search of the depth
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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth declare if thou knowest it all
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Where is the way where light dwelleth and as for darkness where is the place thereof
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof
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Knowest thou it because thou wast then born or because the number of thy days is great
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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow or hast thou seen the treasures 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 light parted which scattereth the east wind upon the earth
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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder
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To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is on the wilderness wherein there is no man
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth
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Hath the rain a father or who hath begotten the drops of dew
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Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of heaven who hath gendered it
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The waters are hid as with a stone and the face of the deep is frozen
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Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion
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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that abundance of waters may cover thee
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Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee Here we are
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts or who hath given understanding to the heart
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Who can number the clouds in wisdom or who can stay the bottles of heaven
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When the dust groweth into hardness and the clods cleave fast together
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite of the young lions
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When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to lie in wait
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Who provideth for the raven his food when his young ones cry unto God they wander for lack of meat