Bishops(i)
1 Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide
2 What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge
3 Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere
4 Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding
5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath spread the lyne vpon it
6 Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof
7 Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly
8 Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe
9 When I made the cloudes [to be] a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke
10 When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it
11 Saying, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues
12 Hast thou geue the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place
13 That it might take holde of the corners of the earth, and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it
14 They are fashioned as is the clay with the seale, and all stand vp as a garment
15 The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken
16 Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe
17 Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death
18 Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this
19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse
20 That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses
21 Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be
22 Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle
23 Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battaile and warre
24 By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde
25 Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder
26 To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth
27 To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth
28 Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe
29 Out of whose wombe came the yce? Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre
30 That the waters are hidde as [with] a stone, and lye congealed aboue the deepe
31 Wylt thou hinder the sweete influences of the seuen starres? or loose the bandes of Orion
32 Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arctutus with his sonnes
33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth
34 Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee
35 Canst thou send the lightninges also, that they may go their way, and be obedient vnto thee, saying, Lo here are we
36 Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding
37 Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen
38 To cause the earth to grow into hardnesse, & the clots to cleaue fast together
39 Wylt thou hunt the pray for the lion? or fill the appetite of the lions whelpes
40 When they couche in their places, and tarie in the couert to lye in wayte
41 Who prouideth meate for the rauen, when his young ones crye vnto God, and flee about for lacke of meate