Job 38:2 "Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

Job 38:3 "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,

Job 38:5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?

Job 38:6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8 "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

Job 38:9 When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:10 And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,

Job 38:11 And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop'?

Job 38:12 "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,

Job 38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Job 38:14 "It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.

Job 38:15 "From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.

Job 38:16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

Job 38:17 "Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Job 38:18 "Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

Job 38:19 "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,

Job 38:20 That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?

Job 38:21 "You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!

Job 38:22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Job 38:23 Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?

Job 38:24 "Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

Job 38:25 "Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,

Job 38:26 To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,

Job 38:27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

Job 38:28 "Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29 "From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

Job 38:30 "Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

Job 38:31 "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?

Job 38:32 "Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?

Job 38:33 "Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?

Job 38:34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Job 38:35 "Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?

Job 38:36 "Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?

Job 38:37 "Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

Job 38:38 When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?

Job 38:39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Job 38:40 When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?

Job 38:41 "Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?

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Job 39:1 "Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?

Job 39:2 "Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?

Job 39:3 "They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.

Job 39:4 "Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.

Job 39:5 "Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

Job 39:6 To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

Job 39:7 "He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

Job 39:8 "He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

Job 39:9 "Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?

Job 39:10 "Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

Job 39:11 "Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

Job 39:12 "Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?

Job 39:13 "The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,

Job 39:14 For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust,

Job 39:15 And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them.

Job 39:16 "She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

Job 39:17 Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

Job 39:18 "When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19 "Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

Job 39:20 "Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

Job 39:21 "He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons.

Job 39:22 "He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23 "The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin.

Job 39:24 "With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

Job 39:25 "As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

Job 39:26 "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south?

Job 39:27 "Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?

Job 39:28 "On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

Job 39:29 "From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar.

Job 39:30 "His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he."