Job
Chapter 38
God after terror of a whirlwind, by way of examining his client Job of diverse creatures about their nature, sheweth that no man hath perfect knowledge of them, much less of God's immensity.
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But our Lord answering Job out of a whirlwind, said: wrappeth in sentences with unskilful
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Who is this that words?
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Gird thy loins as a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me if thou hast understanding.
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Who set the measures thereof, if thou know: or who stretched out the line upon it?
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Upon what are the foundations thereof grounded? Or who let down the corner stone thereof,
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when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made jubilation?
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Who shut in the sea with doors when it brake forth, proceeding as it were out of a matrice:
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When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in darkness as in clouts of infancy.
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I compassed it with my bounds, and put bar and doors.
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And I said. Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt not proceed farther, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.
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Didst thou after thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning his place?
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And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them & hast thou shaken the impious out of it?
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The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment:
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From the impious their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the great depth?
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Have the gates of death been open to thee, & hast thou seen the darksome doors?
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Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? Tell me if thou know all things,
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In what way the light dwelleth, & what is the place of darkness.
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That thou canst bring every thing to his borders, & understand the paths of the house thereof.
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Didst thou know then that thou shouldest be born? & didst thou know the number of thy days?
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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou beheld treasures of hail?
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Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, for the day of fight & battle?
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What way is the light spread, is heat divided upon the earth?
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Who gave course to the most vehement shower, and the way of the sounding thunder:
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That it should rain upon the earth, without man in the desert, where no mortal man abideth:
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That it should fill the desert and desolate ground, and should bring forth green grass?
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Who is the father of rain? Or who begot the drops of dew?
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Out of whose womb came forth ice? And frost from heaven who engendered?
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Waters are hardened like stone, and the face of the depth is congealed.
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Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars Pleiades, or canst thou dissipate the circuit of Arcturus?
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Doest thou bring forth the day star in his time, & make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?
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Doest thou know the order of heaven, and shalt thou put down the reason thereof on the earth?
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Shalt thou elevate the voice in the cloud, & the violence of the waters cover thee?
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Shalt thou send lightnings, and will they go, and returning shall they say to thee: Here we are?
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Who put wisdom in the heart of man or who gave the cock understanding?
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Who shall declare the manner of the heavens, and the harmony of heaven who shall make to sleep?
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When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods compact together?
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Shalt thou take a prey for the lioness and fill the appetite of her whelps.
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When they lie in the dens, & in holes sit in wait?
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Who prepareth for the raven her meat, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have not meat?