Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

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

When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?

When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

Or who'shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began , And caused the dayspring to know its place;

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

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

Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

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

Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, 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 unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

When I made clouds the garment thereof, 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:

Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

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

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

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

Canst 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.

Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

When the dust runneth 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 shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

Doubtless , thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!