Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.

Then LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Who provides for the raven his prey when his young ones cry to God, [and] wander for lack of food?

when they couch in their dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Can thou hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Or [who] shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth, [like] it had issued out of the womb,

Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of it

Have thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [and] caused the dayspring to know its place

Have thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or have thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it

Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

Who has cleft a channel for the water flood, or the way for the lightning of the thunder,

and marked out for it my bound, and set bars and doors,

Have the gates of death been revealed to thee? Or have thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

It is changed as clay under the seal, and [all things] stand forth as a garment.

Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has engendered it?

Can thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?

By what way is the light divided, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Who determined the measures of it, if thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it?

And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm is broken.

to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven

Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Have thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou know it all.

when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

to satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

that thou should take it to the bound of it, and that thou should discern the paths to the house of it?

Thou know, for thou were born then, and the number of thy days is great!