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Job 38:1
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And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
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Job 38:2
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Who [is] this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
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Job 38:3
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Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
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Job 38:4
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Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
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Job 38:5
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Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
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Job 38:6
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On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
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Job 38:7
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In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,
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Job 38:8
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And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.
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Job 38:9
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In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
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Job 38:10
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And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,
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Job 38:11
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And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
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Job 38:12
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Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
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Job 38:13
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To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
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Job 38:14
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It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
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Job 38:15
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And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
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Job 38:16
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Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
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Job 38:17
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Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
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Job 38:18
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Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.
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Job 38:19
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Where [is] this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this -- its place?
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Job 38:20
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That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.
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Job 38:21
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Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!
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Job 38:22
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Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?
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Job 38:23
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That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.
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Job 38:24
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Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.
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Job 38:25
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Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
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Job 38:26
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To cause [it] to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.
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Job 38:27
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To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
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Job 38:28
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Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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Job 38:29
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From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
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Job 38:30
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As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.
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Job 38:31
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Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
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Job 38:32
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Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?
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Job 38:33
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Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
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Job 38:34
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Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
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Job 38:35
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Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?'
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Job 38:36
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Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?
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Job 38:37
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Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
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Job 38:38
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In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
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Job 38:39
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Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?
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Job 38:40
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When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?
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Job 38:41
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Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.
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