<TITLE>Job 38</TITLE><BR>Job 38<BR>1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,<BR>2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?<BR>3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.<BR>4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.<BR>5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?<BR>6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;<BR>7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?<BR>8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?<BR>9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,<BR>10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,<BR>11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?<BR>12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;<BR>13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?<BR>14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.<BR>15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.<BR>16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?<BR>17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?<BR>18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.<BR>19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,<BR>20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?<BR>21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?<BR>22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,<BR>23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?<BR>24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?<BR>25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;<BR>26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;<BR>27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?<BR>28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?<BR>29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?<BR>30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.<BR>31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?<BR>32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?<BR>33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?<BR>34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?<BR>35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?<BR>36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?<BR>37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,<BR>38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?<BR>39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,<BR>40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?<BR>41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.<BR><BR><BR>