1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is speaking without knowledge?
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Gird up your loins like a man, and answer some of my questions.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? [1]
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Who measured the earth by stretching a line upon it?
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Upon what are the earth's foundations?Who laid the cornerstone?
7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Who shut up the sea doors, as though it had issued out of the womb?
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Who set bars and doors on the sea, saying, "This far you can come, but no further."
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be
shaken out of it?
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It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be
broken.
Can you grab hold of the ends of the earth and shake the wicked people out of it? [4]
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Have you walked in the deepest part of the sea,or had the gates of death opened for you?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Do you know the size of the earth?
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Do you know where light and darkness dwell?
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Surely you know all this since you were here when it was created and you've lived so long.
22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Have you seen where snow and rain are stored for use in times of war? [5]
29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
And out of whose womb comes the ice and the hoary frost of heaven? [6]
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Can you bind the Pleiades or untie the stars in Orion?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Can you send lightning bolts that say to you, "Here we are"?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Can you count the clouds or spill the bottles of heaven?
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Can you find prey for lions? [7]
The earth is set on foundations and does not move.
God could (if he wanted to) pick up the earth by its ends and shake all the wicked people off of it.
God has snow and hail stored up to use later in time of trouble and war.
Gosh, I don't know. Was it Glinda, the Good Witch of the North?
God seems pleased to have created prey for lions and ravens to eat.
