Job 38:1-41 And Jehovah will answer Job from the whirlwind, and he will say,

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And Jehovah will answer Job from the whirlwind, and he will say, ² Who this darkening counsel in words without knowledge? ³ Gird now thy loins as a man; and I will ask thee, and make thou known to me. ⁴ Where wort thou in my founding the earth? Announce, if thou knewest understanding. ⁵ Who set its measures, if thou shalt know? or who stretched the line upon it? ⁶ Upon what were its bases impressed? or who placed its corner-stone? ⁷ In the rejoicing together of the stars of morning, and all the sons of God will shout for joy? ⁸ And he will hedge in the sea with doors in its breaking forth, going forth from the womb. ⁹ In my making the cloud its garment, and darkness its bandage: ¹⁰ And I shall break upon it my law, and I shall set bars and doors; ¹¹ And saying, Even to this shalt thou come, and thou shalt not add: and here in the pride of thy waves, stand thou. ¹² In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place? ¹³ To take hold upon the wings of the earth, and the unjust shall be shaken out of it? ¹⁴ It shall be turned as clay to the seal; and they shall stand as clothing. ¹⁵ And their light shall be withheld from the unjust, and the high arm shall be broken. ¹⁶ Didst thou go even to the fountains of the sea? and didst thou go about in searching the depth? ¹⁷ Were the gates of death uncovered to thee? and shalt thou see the gates of the shadow of death? ¹⁸ Wilt thou consider even to the breadth of the earth? Announce if thou knewest all of it ¹⁹ Where the way light shall dwell? and darkness, where its place? ²⁰ That thou shalt take it to its bound, and that thou shalt understand the beaten paths of its house? ²¹ Knewest thou? for shalt thou then be born, and the number of thy days great? ²² Didst thou come into the treasures of snow? and shalt thou see the treasures of hail, ²³ Which I kept back for the time of straits, for the day of encounter and war? ²⁴ Where that way the light will divide, it will scatter the east wind upon the earth? ²⁵ Who divided a channel for the overflowing, and a way for the lightning of the voices? ²⁶ To cause it to rain upon the earth, not a man; the wilderness not a man in it? ²⁷ To satisfy the desolation and burning, and to cause the springing up of the finding of the tender grass? ²⁸ Is there a father to the rain? or who begat the reservoirs of the dew? ²⁹ From whose womb came forth the ice? and the hoarfrost of the heavens, who brought it forth? ³⁰ The waters shall be hid as a stone, and the face of the depth will be taken. ³¹ Wilt thou bind the bands of the cluster, or wilt thou open the cords of Orion? ³² Wilt thou bring forth the twelve signs in its time? and the great bear and his sons, wilt thou guide them? ³³ Knewest thou the laws of the heavens? or wilt thou set up its dominion in the earth? ³⁴ Wilt thou lift up thy voice to the cloud, and abundance of waters shall cover thee? ³⁵ Shalt thou send lightnings, and shall they go and shall they say to thee, Behold us? ³⁶ Who put wisdom in the reins? or who gave understanding to the mind? ³⁷ Who shall number the clouds in wisdom? and who shall cause the bottles of heaven to lie down? ³⁸ In the pouring out of the dust into a melted mass, and the clods will adhere ³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? and wilt thou fill up the life of the young lions? ⁴⁰ For they will sink down in the dwellings; they will dwell in the thicket to lie in wait ⁴¹ Who will prepare for the raven his food? for his young will cry to God; they will wander without food.