1 THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

2 Who is this that gives counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Gird up your loins now, like a valiant man; for I will question you, and you shall answer me.

4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

5 Who has laid its measures, if you know? Or who has stretched the line upon it?

6 Upon what are its limits resting? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof?

7 When did I create the morning stars, and all the angels shouted for joy?

8 Or who shut up the sea with gates, when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb?

9 When I made the cloud the garment of the earth, and thick darkness a swaddling hand for it,

10 And prescribed limits for it, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed?

12 Have you commanded the dawn since your days began; or do you know the place of the morning;

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be thrown out of it?

14 So that their bodies shall be turned into clay, and be thrown into a heap.

15 The light of sinners shall be withheld, and the arm of the arrogant shall be broken.

16 Have you entered into the depths of the sea? Or have you walked in the foundations of the deep?

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

18 Have you seen the whole breadth of the earth? Declare to me if you know it all.

19 Where is the dwelling place of light, and where is the place of darkness?

20 Do you know its borders and the path to its house?

21 Do you remember when you were born, and do you know if you will live many days?

22 Have you entered into the chambers of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,

23 Which are reserved against the time of distress, against the day of battle and war?

24 Or in what manner is light distributed, and whence the wind comes forth upon the earth?

25 Who causes a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder?

26 Who causes it to rain on a land where no man is, in the wilderness where there is no inhabitant,

27 To saturate every thicket, and cause the tender grass to spring up?

28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb did the dew and ice come forth? And who begot the hoary frost of heaven?

30 The waters are hardened like a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

31 Can you stop the movement of the Pleiades, or have you seen the path of Orion?

32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you stand in the paths of Aldebaran?

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you make ordinances for the earth?

34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds? Or can you cover them with abundance of waters?

35 Can you send forth the lightnings, that they may go, and say to you. Here we are?

36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given vision to understanding?

37 Who has numbered the clouds by his wisdom? And who has raised the pillars of heaven?

38 Who has poured out soil upon the earth, and who has made the steep rocks?

39 Who has given prey for the lion? Or filled the appetite of the young lions?

40 Who has multiplied the beasts in the field? Or who has provided food for the raven?

41 For its young ones cry to God, and faint for lack of food.